Deryn, you're welcome. FWIW, I think probiotic is overrated. Your natural gut flora are just fine in almost all cases, post certain aggressive antibiotic regimens being the only exception of which I'm aware. And, yeah, fermented is marketing. So are uncured, local, natural and lots of other labels. What we can say in favor of black garlic is that it's not mixed up in a test tube. That should be worth something.