The Yakult story: Japanese health drink conquers the world with beneficial bacteria | South China Morning Post

The first bottle of Yakult was produced in 1935 in Japan. Japanese scientist Minoru Shirota came up with the health drink by combining using water, skimmed milk, glucose-fructose syrup, sucrose, citrus aroma — and of course live bacteria. Shirota had discovered the presence of lactic acid bacteria in human intestine…

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