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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- Yakult-logo.svg
- Drink.name
- Yakult
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- A single serving of Yakult
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- Drink
- Drink.manufacturer
- Yakult Honsha
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- 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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- 1955-00-00
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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.