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| Industry | Probiotic Drinks |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1935; 90 years ago (1935) |
| Headquarters | Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Sumiya Hori (Chairman), Khamis Agear(EVP for global operation) |
| Website | www.yakult.co.jp/english/ |
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.
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A Yakult lady (ヤクルトレディー; Yakuruto redi-), also known as an Yakult auntie (ヤクルトおばさん; Yakuruto obasan), is a woman who sells Yakult products as an employee and/or delivers the products to individuals at their homes. They sell and market Yakult products while riding bicycles, motorcycles, or other automobiles.
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.
Yakult opened a factory in Fountain Valley, California in the United States in 2014.
Yakult is manufactured and sold in India under a 50:50 joint-venture with Danone.
See also
- Kefir
- Probiotic
- Tokyo Yakult Swallows
- Yakult lady
- Carlos Kasuga (founder of Yakult Mexico)
References
- "朝日新聞社）：堅調ヤクルトレディー 地域密着、不況知らず - 経済を読む - ビジネス・経済". The Asahi Shimbun Company (in Japanese). July 27, 2009.
- "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.
- Mueller, Mark (June 28, 2010). "Yakult To Build Fountain Valley Plant for U.S. Expansion". Orange County Business Journal. 33 (26): 1, 23.
- Prakash, Saumya (21 May 2012). "Yakult Danone: Spreading far and wide". Business Standard. Retrieved Jan 7, 2017.