Yakult
Sign in to saveis a Japanese sweetened probiotic milk beverage fermented with the bacteria strain Lacticaseibacillus casei Shirota. It is sold by Yakult Honsha based in Tokyo. The name "Yakult" was coined from jahurto, an Esperanto word meaning "yogurt".
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Vinony files it under Fermented dairy products, Japanese drink brands and Japanese inventions.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Drink.logo
- Yakult-logo.svg
- Drink.name
- Yakult
- Drink.image
- Yakult drink.jpg
- Drink.caption
- A single serving of Yakult
- Drink.type
- Drink
- Drink.manufacturer
- Yakult Honsha
- Drink.distributor
- Yakult Honsha
- Drink.origin
- Japan
- Drink.introduced
- 1935
- Drink.colour
- Light peach
- Drink.ingredients
- Water, skimmed milk, glucose-fructose syrup, sucrose, citrus, live Lacticaseibacillus casei Shirota
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- fermented milk product
- Country
- Japan
- Manufacturer
- Yakult Honsha
- Image
- Yakult drink.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yakult
- inception
- 1955-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Ingredients
- Health claims
- Marketing history
- History
- Relationship with Danone
- In mass media
- See also
- References
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is a Japanese sweetened probiotic milk beverage fermented with the bacteria strain Lacticaseibacillus casei Shirota. It is sold by Yakult Honsha based in Tokyo. The name "Yakult" was coined from jahurto, an Esperanto word meaning "yogurt".
== Ingredients == Yakult's ingredients are water, skimmed milk, glucose-fructose syrup, sucrose, natural flavours (citrus), and live Lacticaseibacillus casei Shirota bacteria. The strain was originally classified as being Lactobacillus casei.
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