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Yakult
IndustryProbiotic Drinks
Founded1935; 89 years ago (1935)
HeadquartersMinato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key peopleSumiya Hori (Chairman), Khamis Agear(EVP for global operation)
Websitewww.yakult.co.jp/english/
Yakult

Yakult (ヤクルト, Yakuruto) is a probiotic dairy product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota. It was created by a Japanese scientist Minoru Shirota, who graduated from the Medical School of Kyoto University in 1930.

The product is made by Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (株式会社ヤクルト本社, Kabushiki-gaisha Yakuruto Honsha) (TYO: 2267), where Groupe Danone has a 20% share. The company also owns one of Japan's major baseball franchises, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. It has been also one of the partner companies of the FINA World Aquatics Championships since 2005.

In 2010, an EFSA panel concluded that a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota and maintenance of the upper respiratory tract defence against pathogens by maintaining immune defences.


Production

Packs of Yakult

Yakult opened a factory in Fountain Valley, California in the United States in 2014. Yakult is also manufactured in Australia in Dandenong, Victoria.

In Malaysia, Yakult is manufactured at their factory located at Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

In the Philippines, Yakult opened a factory in Calamba, Laguna due to the drink's popularity in the country.

Yakult is manufactured and sold in India under a 50:50 joint-venture with Danone. It is manufactured in Haryana (Sonipath).

See also

References

  1. "EFSA – Scientific Opinion of the NDA Panel: Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota and maintenance of the upper respiratory tract defence against pathogens by maintaining immune defences". Efsa.europa.eu. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1860. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  2. Mueller, Mark (June 28, 2010). "Yakult To Build Fountain Valley Plant for U.S. Expansion". Orange County Business Journal. 33 (26): 1, 23.
  3. Prakash, Saumya (21 May 2012). "Yakult Danone: Spreading far and wide". Business Standard. Retrieved Jan 7, 2017.
  4. http://www.yakult.co.in/contactus.aspx

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