14 Day Gut Ritual, 46 Actives, 14 Sachets

A box of fourteen single-serve sachets. Each sachet holds 3.5g of psyllium husk powder, already measured, with 200mg of magnesium, 120.75mg of calcium, 800mg of flaxseed, 800mg of L-glutamine, prune, ginger, aloe vera inner-leaf gel, a fermented blend of thirty-six fruits and vegetables, and two enzymes. It is a plum-flavoured powder that most people say tastes like a strawberry banana smoothie. Psyllium (Plantago ispaghula) husk contributes to intestinal transit, intestinal function and helps to maintain a healthy bowel.

The outer coating of the seeds of Plantago ispaghula, a plant grown mostly in western India. It is a soluble fibre that soaks up water and thickens into a gel, which is why it has to be drunk promptly. Psyllium (Plantago ispaghula) husk contributes to intestinal transit, intestinal function and helps to maintain a healthy bowel. Wellgard 14 Day Gut Ritual gives you 3.5g of it per sachet.

3.5g of psyllium husk powder per sachet of Wellgard 14 Day Gut Ritual, already measured. That is roughly seven 500mg psyllium capsules, which is the size most capsules come in.

Water first. Pour 150ml of cold water into the glass, tear the sachet in, and stir straight away for about ten seconds before you let it stand. Lumps happen when powder goes in first, because the outside of each particle gels before the inside gets wet. Give it two to three minutes to thicken, then drink it.

Two to three minutes in 150ml of cold water. Drink it inside three minutes. Left longer it keeps thickening, and you will have made a pudding rather than a drink.

Cold water is what the sachet was built for. Heat and other liquids change how it thickens and how it tastes, so stick to 150ml of cold water as directed.

A strawberry banana smoothie, soft, with small flecks from the fruit and seed ingredients. The flavouring on the pack is plum, and the fermented blend includes banana and strawberry among its thirty-six fruits and vegetables, which is where the glass ends up. It is sweetened with sucralose and contains no sugar.

One sachet a day, and never two. A box of fourteen is a fortnight. If you miss a day, carry on with one the next day rather than doubling up, since excessive consumption may produce laxative effects.

Whenever you will remember, taken at the same time each day. Most people make it the morning glass. It works with food or without.

150ml of cold water to make the drink, and keep your usual fluid intake up across the day around it. Psyllium is a fibre that soaks up water, which is how it works, so drinking enough matters.

Some people take a few days to get used to any fibre supplement, and taken without enough water it can feel uncomfortable. Make it as directed, keep your fluids up, never exceed one sachet a day, and speak to your GP if you have any concerns.

The 3.5g is measured and sealed, so it is the same every time, it tastes of something, and it arrives with forty-six actives in it, magnesium and calcium among them. A bag gives you psyllium on its own, a spoon and a guess.

Yes. Ispaghula comes from the plant's species name, Plantago ispaghula. Isabgol, or sat isabgol, is what it is called in India, and ispaghol in Urdu. They are all the same husk.

Same husk, finer grind. Powder disperses faster and thickens more evenly, which is why Gut Ritual uses it rather than whole husk.

Both are plant fibres that thicken in liquid. Chia needs soaking, often overnight. Psyllium is ready in two to three minutes, and Gut Ritual gives you a measured 3.5g with no bowl in the fridge.

SIL-ee-um. The p is silent.

Speak to your GP or pharmacist before you start, and ask about timing. Psyllium taken close to some medicines can affect how they are absorbed, so spacing is usually the question.

Anyone pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication or under medical supervision. It is not suitable for anyone with difficulty swallowing. It is for adults, and should be kept out of the sight and reach of children.

None. There is no caffeine either. The full ingredient list is under Read the Box, so you can check it against anything specific you need to look out for.

Psyllium is a seed husk rather than a grain, so it contains no gluten of its own. Gut Ritual carries no declared allergens, and the full list is under Read the Box.

Psyllium husk powder, magnesium malate, flaxseed powder, L-glutamine, ginger root powder, prune powder, alpha-galactosidase, calcium citrate, aloe vera powder and lactase, plus a fermented blend of thirty-six named fruits and vegetables. That is the forty-six, and every one appears under Read the Box with its amount. The plum flavouring, citric acid, maltodextrin, xanthan gum and sucralose sit outside the count, because they are what turn a powder into a drink rather than what you are buying it for.

Magnesium contributes to electrolyte balance and to normal muscle function, at 200mg per sachet, which is 53% of the reference intake, as magnesium malate. Calcium contributes to the normal function of digestive enzymes, at 120.75mg, which is 15% of the reference intake, as calcium citrate. Every wording available to both is under Read the Box.

Flaxseed, also called linseed, at 800mg, is the second seed in the sachet. L-glutamine, an amino acid found in beans, meat and dairy, at 800mg. Prune at 300mg sits behind the fruit flavour and ginger at 300mg gives the warmth at the finish. Aloe vera is decolourised inner-leaf gel at 150mg. All named, all weighed.

Thirty-six fruits and vegetables, fermented and dried, at 250mg per sachet. Every one is named under Read the Box, from apple and carrot through to strawberry and tomato.

Two enzymes, stated in the units the pack uses: alpha-galactosidase at 240 GALU per sachet and lactase at 4,500 ALU per gram.

They are what turn a powder into a drink. Sucralose sweetens it without sugar, xanthan gum gives the smoothie its body, and maltodextrin carries the flavour.

No, it is a food supplement. Psyllium (Plantago ispaghula) husk contributes to intestinal transit, intestinal function and helps to maintain a healthy bowel.

Fourteen sachets, one a day, which is a fortnight. Subscribe and Save takes 15% off every delivery, renews at the interval you choose, and you can pause, skip or cancel in your account.

Full refund within 30 days, even if the box has been opened. Taste is personal, and we would rather you found out than wondered.