Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations for the prevention, treatment and relief of symptoms of diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, gas, bloating, heartburn and nausea, GI Distress, Crohns, IBS, food allergies, gluten intolerance, and lactose intolerance, gut dysbiosis, Traveler's Diarrhea, Metabolic Syndrome, improvement of cognitive function, and GI immune health; Veterinary preparations for porcine, Avian, Feline, and Canine animals, for the treatment of symptoms related to GI distress and porcine epidemic diarrhea, and for lowering inflammatory markers of metabolic endotoxemia; Veterinary preparations, for porcine, Avian, equine, Feline, and Canine animals, namely, a prebiotic as a feed additive for replacement of antibiotics as a growth promoter and to improve immune and health; Sanitary preparations for medical use; Dietetic sugar for medical use; Food and dietary supplements for humans and animals; Medicinal drinks; Dietary supplemental drinks; Nutritional supplements, namely, prebiotic compositions; Nutritional supplements, namely, probiotic and prebiotic compositions; Nutritional supplements and nutritional supplement beverages containing probiotics and prebiotics for beauty, detoxification, energy, sleep, health and wellness purposes; Food and beverage additives, namely, nutritional supplements in the nature of polyphenols for use as an additive in food for remedying digestive distress; Dietary supplement drink mixes; Powder form nutritional supplement drink mix; Syrup form nutritional supplement drink mix; Nutritional supplements for boosting energy; Probiotics and prebiotics, namely, probiotic and prebiotic nutritional supplements; Nutritional supplement beverages in the nature of a blend of probiotics and prebiotics packaged and sold unmixed with the base beverage; Nutritional supplements, namely, prebiotics and probiotics, sold as a component of nutritional skin care products