LYMA ID²
LYMA has launched ID², a daily gut health powder supplement, marking the British wellness company's entry into the gut category. The product is a once-a-day powder built around four areas of action: gut intelligence, cellular integrity, mineral absorption and systemic resilience, combining prebiotic fibres, probiotics, omega-3 and a broad-spectrum mix of chelated vitamins and minerals.
The formula delivers 8.5g of prebiotic fibre per daily dose, drawn from four fibre types of varying chain lengths: IMOfibe, PromOat oat beta-glucan, chicory inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides. The colon has four distinct sections, and where most gut formulas include a single fibre type and feed only one of them, ID² is designed to feed the colon from proximal to distal. Probiotics are included alongside the prebiotics at a ratio intended to support colonisation in the microbiome.
The formula also contains algae-derived DHA omega-3, paired with Oleacore olive polyphenols that protect the DHA from oxidation and support its bioavailability. The polyphenols also activate sirtuins, the proteins associated with cellular resilience and longevity. On top of this sits a superstructure of more than 25 chelated vitamins and minerals, bound to amino acids rather than supplied in oxide form, which allows for higher absorption rates than oxide-based commodity formulas. The supplement contains no artificial flavours, no artificial sweeteners and no added sugar.
LYMA's director of science, Professor Paul Clayton, a specialist in pharmaco-nutrition, frames the product as a sequencing exercise. In his words, "What LYMA ID² does is it repairs the vessel first. It restores the gut foundation, the microbiota, the coverage, the cellular resilience and then it delivers the superstructure, the nutrients on top of it in the right form at the right dose with the absorption pathway now intact and functioning as it should."
Clayton is also direct about a gap he sees in the wider category. He argues that most probiotic supplements contain little or no prebiotic content, which leaves the bacteria unable to colonise once swallowed. "A probiotic without prebiotics is not a gut supplement at all. It's actually a waste of your time and money," he says. He makes a similar point about mineral form, noting that oxide-form minerals such as magnesium oxide are poorly absorbed, and that many women in their 40s and 50s remain depleted despite supplementing because the form does not work.
The four named fibres, DHA and chelated minerals are established nutraceutical components with the intention that feeding the gut and supplying nutrients in absorbable form should happen together rather than separately.
The brand has also tied the product to GLP-1 use, pointing to reduced food intake among people on weight-loss medication and the resulting drop in fibre, omega-3 and mineral intake. This is a sensible commercial read given how quickly GLP-1 has reshaped supplement marketing, and practitioners advising clients on these medications may find the angle relevant.
LYMA ID² launches on 15 June 2026 at £125 for a 30-day pouch and £105 for a refill pouch, available exclusively at lyma.life. It arrives at Harrods later this week within the store's fifth-floor Wellness Clinic, where LYMA holds an exclusive UK retail partnership and the launch is marked with a limited Harrods Exclusive Starter Kit featuring a Harrods-engraved bottle. A US retail pop-up is planned at SoulCycle Hamptons over the summer.
