Buta-8
Daily Fibre Diversity
The diverse daily fibre most of us are missing — gentle enough to actually keep taking.
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What it is
Four fibres, across the fermentation spectrum. Two plant botanicals. One scoop a day.
The fermentation spectrum
Chicory inulin
Ferments fast and early.
Resistant starch
Ferments slowly, lower down.
Acacia
The slowest to ferment — gentle.
Psyllium
A viscous gel — barely fermented; it paces the rest.
Most fibre products feed one bug with one fibre. Buta-8 feeds the whole relay.
Gentle by design
Fast-fermenting fibres taken on their own are a common reason people quit fibre — the bloat.
Buta-8 pairs them with viscous psyllium, kept at or above the fast-fermentable load, to slow and spread out fermentation across the gut. The principle is published: psyllium taken with inulin produces less gas than inulin alone.1
1 Gunn et al., Gut 2022.
Nothing hidden
Every gram of every fibre, named on the pack. No proprietary blend.
Four fibres — fast → slow ferment
Two plant botanicals
≈6 g fibre per 8 g scoop (approximate — lab CoA pending). The full recipe, in grams. No proprietary blend.
The science, briefly
Your gut bacteria ferment these fibres into short-chain fatty acids — including butyrate, the preferred fuel of the cells lining your gut.
From the founder
I kept starting fibre and kept quitting — the bloat always won. So we built the one I’d actually keep taking: four fibres paced across the fermentation spectrum, every gram named on the pack, gentle enough to stay daily. That’s the whole idea.
— Ravi, founder, Akunka
Why “8”?
The 8 is butyrate. It’s also your daily 8 grams, the loop your gut runs on… and, if you go looking, oxygen.
Questions
Will this bloat me like other fibre?
Bloating usually comes from fast-fermenting fibres taken all at once. Buta-8 is paced across the fermentation spectrum and balanced with viscous psyllium to be gentle — and we tell you to start with half a scoop and build up.
What’s actually in it?
Four fibres and two plant botanicals, every gram named — no proprietary blend. See the full recipe →
How do I take it?
One 8 g scoop in 220 ml of water, once a day. New to fibre? Start at half a scoop for week one.
Is it gentle and natural?
Plant-based, no fillers, no added sugar — lightly sweetened with monk fruit.
When can I buy it?
We’re in pilot now — drop your email and you’ll be first.
