Yakult is a Japanese
probiotic milk-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a
special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota. It was created by
Minoru Shirota who graduated from the Medical School of Kyoto University in
1930. In 1935, he started manufacturing and selling Yakult. 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.
Yakult started their business in 1969 in Hong Kong. The
first factory was located at Kwun Tong and now the factory is moved to Tai Po.
The manufacturing
process of yakult:
First of all, there are 3 huge tanks under specific temperature only for Yakult’s manufacturing.
Then, Yakult will be bumped into a container
and the plastic bottle is prepared at the bottom of the container. Yakult will
be fully filled and be deliver to next stage. The products will be
package for 5 in a line, and each package contains 5 bottle. At the same time, staffs will supervise on the
manufacturing of Yakult what they will do is
observing the package of yakult, if they find the mistake such as wrong package,
they must pick it out in order to maintain the quality at high standard.
Those selected
Yakult will be disposed afterwards. Finally, 5 bottles of Yakult will be packed as one pack and
deliver to the warehouse under 0-4 degree Celsius for storage. The
manufacturing center in Hong Kong will produce around 1 million bottles of
Yakult. To ensure the healthiness and freshness of Yakult,
preservative will not be added as ingredient. Consumers are suggested to
consume it within a month after the production.
The design of
bottle:
Yakult is marketed in
different sizes. In Australia, Europe, India, and Indonesia, Yakult comes in
65mL bottles.
In the Americas (including Mexico, one of
Yakult's largest selling markets), Japan, Philippines Thailand and South Korea, 80 ml bottles are
available.
In Singapore, Tai Wan and Mainland China and Hong Kong where are
available and comes
in 100 ml bottles. Most of people may not know that the largest size
of bottle is in hk. The reason is hk people prefers larger volume of drink due to the
specific culture so yakult have to cater to the needs of them.
Vision of Yakult:
Yakult’s corporate philosophy
“We contribute to the health and happiness of people around the world through
pursuit of excellence in life science in general and our research and
experience inmicroorganisms in particular,
