A new way to drink Yakult: Saying goodbye to single use plastic straws
Have you noticed anything different about our Yakult 10-pack? After careful consideration, Yakult Australia have made the decision to discontinue the inclusion of single use plastic straws in our 10-packs. This change comes in response to growing feedback from our valued customers regarding the impact of plastics in the environment. We understand some consumers may […]
Gut Health: New Year’s Resolutions Worth Sticking To.
With the New Year well and truly upon us, many will leap into the new decade with the same old cycle of repeating the same feared declarations of New Year’s Resolutions. We all have good intentions for real change, beginning strong and steady. However, this is short lived and majority of us begin to stray […]
Can Probiotics Permanently Alter Your Gut Bacteria?
As probiotic interest continues to grow, so too does the confusion regarding the role of probiotics. This blog aims to address the misconception that probiotics permanently alter the composition of your gut bacteria and explains how probiotics can be of benefit, including tips for maintaining gut health. A healthy gut composition is characterised by adequate […]
Yakult School Holiday Program
Yakult Australia have launched a Yakult School Holiday Program for the first time this year. The program was initially trialled during the April school holidays and when the program was officially launched later in the year and advertised on our social media pages, it was an absolute success. The Yakult School Holiday Program was fully […]
Are All Fermented Foods a Probiotic?
“Probiotic” is a term used frequently (and loosely) in this era obsessed with gut health. It appears that any fermented food item earns the title “Probiotic”. However, the classification of an actual probiotic is much more specific than this. For a fermented food item to be classified as a true probiotic it must meet the […]
How do you stay active in Winter?
It’s easy to feel inspired to get active in Spring and Summer; the longer, sunnier days provide the perfect setting for games of cricket in the park, swimming at the beach or late evening walks. The thought of taking shorts or swimwear out of winter storage can be a big motivator for taking extra interest […]
To multi-strain, or to single strain, that is the question…
Growing interest in gut health has increased the demand and variety of probiotic products available in Australia. Unfortunately, with the rise in popularity of probiotics, the ‘more is better’ mentality has started to catch on, leading to the impression that multi-strain probiotics are more effective than single strains. Products advertising multiple probiotic strains in their […]
Probus Club Visit
Yakult loves suppoting communities as it is our mission to contribute to the health and happiness of people around the world. One of the ways we do this is by visiting community groups to promote healthy living through FREE nutrition education sessions. Our Dietitians provide health and nutrition talks and encourage groups to come visit […]
Yakult at Diabetes Expo
We were given an opportunity to exhibit at the Diabetes Expo, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Victoria on the 27th April. Thank you to everyone who visited and gave us feedback! The most common feedback we received from attendees who visited us was that they have never tasted Yakult LIGHT, unaware […]
An Interest with the Gut
Our gut and the bacteria that live there play a bigger part in our health then we ever imagined! Research is beginning to uncover that our gut bacteria is an organ which can influence many of our body systems. More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates the father of modern medicine suggested that ‘all disease begins […]