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This multifunctionality complicates early product development because strain identity alone is sometimes insufficient in predicting product function, efficacy, or the most appropriate regulatory and claims strategy. Here, we used non-targeted LC-MS metabolomics as a hypothesis-generating tool to support formulation decisions for microbial consortia. Three bacterial consortia were compared: a full soil-oriented consortium C1 containing Bacillus spp., Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Nitrosomonas europaea, and Nitrobacter winogradskyi; a Bacillus-only consortium C2 intended for foliar stress-resilience applications; and a Bacillus-only consortium C3 grown with a chitin-related inducer to promote biocontrol-associated metabolism. Metabolomic profiling revealed clear differences between formulations. The full consortium C1 showed higher relative abundances of features putatively associated with biofertilising and growth support, whereas the Bacillus-only consortium C2 contained features putatively associated with biocontrol and induced resistance that were not detected in C1 under the applied criteria. The addition of the chitin-related inducer (C3) did not yield a completely distinct metabolite profile but increased the relative abundance of selected features putatively associated with biocontrol, while decreasing features putatively annotated as auxin-related or associated with abiotic stress responses. These results suggest that non-targeted metabolomics can help differentiate metabolic profiles putatively associated with biostimulant- and plant-protection-oriented formulations and thereby support prioritisation before extensive greenhouse or field testing. 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