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Yakult
Sweetened probiotic milk beverage / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the beverage. For the Japanese professional baseball team, see Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Yakult (ヤクルト, Yakuruto) 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".
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Type | Drink |
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Manufacturer | Yakult Honsha |
Distributor | Yakult Honsha |
Country of origin | Japan |
Introduced | 1935 |
Colour | Light peach |
Ingredients | Ingredients |
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