Effects of a Probiotic on Body Weight

Inclusion Criteria: * Age: between 18 and 55 years old * Weight: 30.0 kg/m2 ≤ BMI ≤ 39.9 kg/m2 * Non smokers * Good general health * A 2 weeks probiotics washout period prior to treatment initiation Exclusion Criteria: * Under antibiotics or treatments (medication or nutritional program) affecting body weight or glucose control for the last 3 months * Currently participating or having participated in another clinical trial during the last 6 months prior to the beginning of this study * Pregnant women, women who have given birth in the past year, women planning pregnancy in the next 6 months or menopausal women * Excessive consumption of products enriched in probiotics (\> 4 servings per week). * History of drug or alcohol (\> 2 drinks daily) abuse * Abnormal thyroid hormone levels * Intake of medication that could affect body weight and/or energy expenditure * Family history of type 2 diabetes in first degree relatives * Allergy to the ingredients in the study product and placebo * Participant with anaemia * Participant with a recent history of large weight fluctuations (e.g., \> 10 kg in the past year * Immune-compromised conditions * Participant experiencing nausea, fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea or severe abdominal pain * Participant with co-morbidity associated with obesity: * Hypertension (≥ 140/90 mm Hg) * Current use of antihypertensive medications, depression * Prediabetes (fasting glucose \>100mg/dL) * Family history of premature coronary artery disease * LDL \> 2.0 mmol/L * HDL \< 1.3 mmol/L * Smoking * Obstructive sleep apnea * Type 2 diabetes * Cardiovascular disease.