FemiCore Ingredients List: All 9, and What the Label Hides

If you want the FemiCore ingredients list in one place, here it is: nine ingredients, four from plants and five live probiotic strains, packed into a single daily capsule. What the marketing pages tend to skip is the part that matters most for anyone judging a supplement, which is dose. Every one of the nine sits inside a proprietary blend, so the label never tells you how much of any of them you swallow.

This guide goes through the list ingredient by ingredient. For each one we explain what it is, why a bladder formula would include it, what the published research actually tested, and where the gap between that research and this capsule lies. We are not here to repeat the full product verdict; that is in our FemiCore review. This page is the reference sheet.

The FemiCore ingredients list at a glance

#	Ingredient	Type	Role in the formula, as described by the maker
1	Mimosa Pudica	Botanical (seed or plant extract)	Soothing support for urinary tissue
2	Bearberry (Uva Ursi)	Botanical (leaf)	Urinary cleansing
3	Cranberry extract	Botanical (fruit)	Makes it harder for bacteria to stick to the bladder wall
4	Granular berberine	Plant alkaloid	Gut microbiome and metabolic balance
5	Lactobacillus crispatus	Probiotic	Restores the dominant healthy urogenital species
6	Lactobacillus acidophilus	Probiotic	General gut and immune balance
7	Lactobacillus plantarum	Probiotic	Hardy strain, supports the gut lining
8	Lactobacillus gasseri	Probiotic	Native to the female urogenital tract
9	Lactobacillus casei	Probiotic	Digestive support, helps other strains settle

The dose is one capsule a day. A bottle holds 30 capsules, so it lasts a month.

Why a bladder formula would use probiotics at all

For decades, healthy urine was assumed to be sterile. Two studies from Loyola University Chicago changed that. In 2012, researchers sampled urine straight from the bladder by catheter and found bacterial DNA that standard lab cultures had missed. In 2014, the same group reported that women with urgency incontinence tended to have a different bladder bacterial community from women without symptoms, with less Lactobacillus in many cases.

That finding is the logic behind five of the nine ingredients. If a healthy bladder community leans on Lactobacillus, the argument goes, supplying more Lactobacillus might help. It is a reasonable hypothesis. It is not yet a demonstrated result: no published trial has shown that swallowing these strains changes the bladder community or reduces leaks.

The four botanicals, one by one

1. Mimosa Pudica

Mimosa Pudica is the “sensitive plant”, whose leaves fold when touched. It appears in traditional South Asian medicine, and its seeds are popular in gut-cleanse products. Laboratory and animal studies have looked at its extracts for antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity. We found no human trial of Mimosa Pudica for a bladder or urinary outcome. Treat it as a traditional ingredient without clinical data.

2. Bearberry (Uva Ursi)

Bearberry leaf contains arbutin, which the body converts to hydroquinone, a compound with mild antibacterial activity in urine. The European Medicines Agency accepts bearberry as a traditional herbal remedy for mild, recurrent lower urinary complaints, based on long use rather than trials. Its monograph also limits use to about a week at a time and a few courses a year, and advises against it in pregnancy, breastfeeding, kidney disease and under 18. A daily product taken for months sits outside that guidance. The amount in FemiCore is not disclosed, so we cannot say whether it is near a traditional dose or a token one.

3. Cranberry extract

Cranberry is the best-studied ingredient on the list. A 2023 Cochrane review, covering 50 trials and more than 8,800 people, concluded that cranberry products reduce the risk of symptomatic urinary tract infections in women with recurrent infections. The active compounds are A-type proanthocyanidins (PACs), which interfere with how E. coli attaches to the bladder lining. Two caveats apply. The proven outcome is fewer infections, not fewer leaks. And benefit in trials depended on a meaningful PAC dose, often around 36 mg a day, which FemiCore does not state.

4. Granular berberine

Berberine is a yellow alkaloid from plants such as barberry and goldenseal. Its research base is mostly metabolic: a 2015 meta-analysis of 27 trials found it lowered blood glucose, blood lipids and blood pressure in people with diabetes, high cholesterol or hypertension. It also changes the gut microbiome. Its presence in a bladder formula is explained by the maker as “gut-bladder” support, which is a hypothesis, not a tested effect. It is also the ingredient most likely to interact with medicines.

The five probiotic strains

Probiotic research is strain-specific: results for one strain do not automatically transfer to another of the same species. FemiCore names species but not strain codes or counts, which limits what any of the research below can tell you about this product.

5. Lactobacillus crispatus

L. crispatus is the species that most often dominates a healthy vaginal microbiome, and it was common in the bladder samples of women without symptoms in the Loyola work. The key human trial is Stapleton and colleagues, 2011: 100 women with recurrent urinary infections used an L. crispatus vaginal suppository or placebo, and the probiotic group had fewer recurrences (15% versus 27%). That trial used a named strain, a stated dose and the vaginal route. FemiCore is oral, with no strain or dose given.

6. Lactobacillus acidophilus

One of the most widely used probiotic species, common in yogurt and general gut supplements. It produces lactic acid and has been studied mainly for digestive outcomes. Evidence for a direct bladder effect is limited.

7. Lactobacillus plantarum

A hardy species found in fermented vegetables, known for surviving stomach acid well. Research focuses on gut symptoms and the gut lining. No specific bladder evidence.

8. Lactobacillus gasseri

A species native to the human gut and the female urogenital tract. In the 2014 Loyola study it appeared more often in women with urgency incontinence than in women without symptoms, which complicates the simple “more Lactobacillus is better” story. Its role in a bladder formula is plausible but unproven.

9. Lactobacillus casei

Common in fermented dairy, studied mostly for digestion and immune markers. It is a supporting strain rather than a bladder-specific one.

What the FemiCore ingredients list does not tell you

Three pieces of information are missing, and each one affects how much the research above can be applied.

Amounts. The proprietary blend lists ingredients without per-ingredient weights. With nine ingredients in one capsule, some must be present in small amounts. We cannot tell which.

Probiotic counts and strains. Probiotic labels usually state a CFU count, often in the billions, and good ones name the strain (for example, a letter-and-number code). FemiCore’s ingredient list does neither, and does not say whether the count is guaranteed at manufacture or at expiry.

Extract standardisation. Cranberry extracts are judged by their PAC content; bearberry by its arbutin content. No standardisation figures are given.

This is legal and common in the supplement market. It is still the single biggest reason the research cannot be mapped onto the product with confidence.

How the ingredients fit together

Taken at face value, the formula is built in layers. The probiotics aim to rebuild a Lactobacillus-rich microbiome. Cranberry and bearberry aim to make the urinary tract a harder place for unwanted bacteria to settle. Mimosa Pudica is meant to soothe tissue. Berberine is meant to shift the gut environment in favour of the probiotics. The seller advises using it for at least 3 months before deciding. Whether those layers add up to fewer urges or leaks has not been tested in a published trial of the finished product. If you want the evidence weighed as a whole, our full FemiCore review does that.

Where to see the official ingredient label

The ingredient panel is shown on the manufacturer’s store, which is the only authorised seller. Checkout runs through BuyGoods, and every package is covered by a 60-day money-back guarantee that starts on the day your order is delivered: email support with “Refund Request” in the subject, then return all bottles with the packing slip and a note with your name, email and order id. Return shipping is at your own cost. Prices and packages are summarised on our FemiCore page, and our FemiCore sale guide breaks down the cost per day.