The London-based company which develops high-end skincare and at-home health tech aimed at supporting skin health, cellular function and overall wellbeing, has launched a functional nutrition powder designed to modulate the gut microbiome through probiotics, prebiotic fibres and bioactive compounds such as omega-derived lipids and polyphenols.
“LYMA ID² is the only gut powder in the world to contain 8.5g of four different prebiotic fibre strains to feed every section of the colon - from ascending through to distal,” Lucy Goff, founder of Lyma, told NutraIngredients. “It is a gut powder that has a scientifically balanced probiotic-prebiotic ratio to support colonization, rare vegan DHA protected by polyphenols for cellular integrity, and a superstructure of over 25 chelated vitamins and minerals for optimal absorption.
“Each element is designed to work in sequence, repair the gut first, then deliver nutrients in a form the body can actually use.”
The product aims to support microbiome diversity through multi-site prebiotic fermentation, to improve nutrients absorption through enzymatic and probiotic support, to provide metabolic support through vitamins and minerals, to offer cellular protection through antioxidant mechanisms, and to utilize the gut–brain axis.
“Too many people are living below their potential, accepting low energy, brain fog and bloating as part of modern life,” Goff said.
Multi-layer nutritional formulation
The product is formulated using IMOfibe, oat beta-glucan, chicory inulin, and FOS, to promote a more balanced and diverse microbiome.
A spore-forming probiotic (ActiBio H. coagulans) is included to survive stomach acid and reach the gut alive, while kiwifruit extracts (Actazin and Livaux) are included to support digestive enzymes and microbial diversity. Algal DHA, protected by olive polyphenols, provides a plant-based omega-3 for brain, heart and skin health.
Alongside this, a range of essential vitamins such as A, C, D, E, K and the full B-complex, together with key minerals like magnesium, zinc, iron, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, iodine and molybdenum, aim to support energy production, immune function, antioxidant protection and healthy metabolism.
As Goff noted, Lyma believes most green drinks provide only basic nutrition, whereas ID² is designed to improve how the body processes and uses nutrients, rather than simply adding them. All ingredients included in the formulation, Goff noted, are supported by peer-reviewed clinical data.
She said that formulation was not scientifically straightforward, and that stability and compatibility were barriers to overcome when developing the drinkable powder format.
“Combining live bacteria, functional lipids and a full-spectrum nutrient complex in a single drinkable format - without degradation - is incredibly complex,” Goff said. “The breakthrough was protecting each component so it remains bioavailable at the point of absorption, not just on paper.”
A shift from trend-led greens to science-led systems
The launch comes around five years after the company’s first, and until now only, supplement launch—a capsule designed to support skin health and sleep and reduce stress.
Goff said this was the right time to launch a drinkable format, despite the increasingly competitive gut health and ‘green drinks’ space, because the science is ‘finally ready’.
“Most drinkable ‘greens’ prioritise trend over function,” Goff said. “We waited until we could deliver something fundamentally more advanced: a system that restores the gut first, then builds on it.”
She added that the market is inundated with gut-health products that address single issues rather than the ‘much bigger picture’.
“We saw an opportunity to create something entirely new – the world’s first four-dimensional gut formula, designed not just to support the microbiome, but to restore the biological foundations that influence how we feel, function and age,” she said.
Furthermore, Goff noted that there has been a clear shift away from single-ingredient solutions toward systems-based thinking.
“Consumers are more informed - they understand that absorption, not intake, is what matters,” Goff said. “Scientifically, we’ve also reached a point where we can meaningfully support the microbiome in a targeted, full-colon way.”
