Japanese Yakult.

Chinese Yakult.

Yakult (ヤクルト, Yakuruto^?) is a Japanese probiotic yogurt-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacteria Lactobacillus casei Shirota. Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (株式会社ヤクルト本社, Kabushiki-gaisha Yakuruto Honsha^?) (TYO: 2267 ) It was found by doctor Minoru Shirota who graduated from the Medical School of Kyoto University in 1930. In 1935, he started manufacturing and selling Yakult. Official claims state that the name is derived from jahurto, an older form of jogurto, the Esperanto word for "yogurt".^[1][2] Since then, Yakult has also introduced a line of beverages for the Japanese market that contain Bifidobacterium breve bacteria, and has also used its lactobacilli research to develop cosmetics. More recently, the Yakult Honsha played a major role in developing the chemotherapy drug irinotecan (Camptosar, CPT-11).^[3] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 345 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (576 × 1000 pixel, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 345 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (576 × 1000 pixel, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 390 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (606 × 930 pixel, file size: 407 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Yakult beverage picture, taken by user d3j4vu I, the author of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: Permission is granted to copy... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 390 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (606 × 930 pixel, file size: 407 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Yakult beverage picture, taken by user d3j4vu I, the author of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: Permission is granted to copy... Probiotics are dietary supplements containing potentially beneficial bacteria or yeast, with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as the most common microbes used. ... Yoghurt Yoghurt or yogurt, less commonly yoghourt or yogourt, is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. ... ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... Dr. Minoru Shirota (代田稔 April 23, 1899 - March 10, 1982) was the inventor of Yakult, the yogurt-like probiotic drink containing Lactobacillus casei strain shirota. ... The Clocktower Kyoto University (Japanese: 京都大学, Kyōto Daigaku; abbreviated to 京大, Kyōdai) in Kyoto, Japan, is the second oldest university and one of the leading research universities in the country. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...   is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. ... Bifidobacteria (genus Bifidobacterium) are a group of anaerobic bacteria and a form of probiotic that is thought to have health-promoting properties for humans. ... Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. ... Irinotecan is a chemotherapy agent that is a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor. ...

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Today, Yakult is sold in 28 countries^[4], although its bacteria cultures are provided from a mother strain from Japan regardless of production location.^{[citation needed]}

Yakult is marketed in different sizes. In Australia and Europe, Yakult comes in 65mL bottles. In the USA and the Philippines, 80 ml bottles are available. Whereas in Taiwan and China, it comes in 100 ml bottles. ^[5][6][7] In South Korea, where it is also produced, it is called yakult (hangul: 야쿠르트) and is marketed by the Korea Yakult company. World map showing the location of Europe. ... Korea Yakult Co. ...

Ingredients

Standard Yakult (excludes variations such as in Yakult Light) contains ^[8]:

• Sugar (sucrose)
• Skim milk powder
• Glucose
• Natural flavours
• Live Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain
• Water

References

1. ^ What is the origin of Yakult’s name?
2. ^ Reta Vortaro - jogurto
3. ^ Yakult company profile: Pharmaceutical Division
4. ^ Yakult Europe - Yakult worldwide. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
5. ^ Yakult USA. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
6. ^ Yakult Australia - What is Yakult?. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
7. ^ Yakult Taiwan. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
8. ^ Yakult Australia - Nutritional Information. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.

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External links

• European Yakult website
• Japanese Yakult website
• Taiwanese Yakult website
• Mexican Yakult Website
• The Yakult Business Overseas - A reference of Yakult availability across the globe. Uses Flash animation.

See also

• Korea Yakult
• Kefir