Yakult is something that is extremely nostalgic. Having spent a large amount of time in Southeast Asia during my childhood, it was not uncommon to see the Yakult lady on her bicycle delivering this sweet beverage every morning. With a syrupy-sweet, yogurt-like flavor, we used to freeze the little bottles in the freezer and consume it frozen - scraping the solidified yakult out of the bottle with little spoons, perfect for the long hot days.
Yakult is actually a Japanese invention, produced by fermenting skim milk with a strain of bacteria known as lactobacillus casei shirota, developed by Kyoto University Medical School graduate Minoru Shirota. The company is so big, that they even have their own baseball team here in Japan - The Yakult Swallows.
This afternoon, a Yakult lady stopped by the office to hand out samples of their new product. As you can see from the label, this version of Yakult has 30% less calories than the standard variety.
(It doesn't really taste that much different though, I just tried a bottle.)
Although I do remember the original being rather sweet, it was surprising to discover that it contained 18grams of sugar per 100ml. I suppose that is why they are always sold in those little 80ml bottles.
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