Spring in to Summer Breakfasts with Tips from our Dietitian
Welcome summer to your morning routine! Let’s start off with why we need a good breakfast. Just like a car won’t go without any fuel in it, our body’s need energy from food in order for us to face our day. We need to make sure we are feeding our body good sources of energy. […]
Expansion Project Update
If you have been keeping up to date with our News page each month you may recall that in June we posted news about our latest expansion project at our production site in Dandenong, Victoria. This expansion project involved the planning and construction of a new state of the art cool room, complete with an […]
New Packaging
There is lots of exciting things happening as we continue to expand and upgrade our manufacturing facility to make room for all the delicious Yakult we make fresh daily. We are currently also in the process of updating the packaging for all our Yakult products with a revamp of our current labels. In line with […]
Winter is here!
Winter has well and truly set in and with it comes the dreaded cold and flu season. Good nutrition is the foundation of a strong immune system. No one food can boost immunity; we need to include a wide variety of foods that contain key nutrients for immune health. Vitamin C Vitamin C is a […]
Current Expansion Project at Yakult
Due to the increasing demand for Yakult we have outgrown our current storage premises. A new 340m2 cool room is currently being built. This will nearly triple our current storage capacity. There has been a hive of activity around the factory with expansion and construction of the new cold room which is due to be […]
Improving the link between industry and education.
During the month of May we are ‘all hands on deck’ as we embrace one of our busiest times of year in the Public Relations department. Since commencing operation in 1994, Yakult Australia has been committed to improving the link between industry and education and with this in mind has established a factory tour program […]
Response to Channel 7 News Report ‘European Community Lifts Lid on False Probiotic Claims’
On May 11th 2016, Channel 7 News featured a report on probiotics and claimed ‘probiotic drinks have no effect on the gut bacteria of healthy adults’. This report, along with other articles you may have read in newspapers across Australia have been generated in response to an article published by researchers at the University of […]
Bid on a signed Yakult football to help raise funds for the Cure For MND foundation
Yakult is a Premium partner with the Essendon Football Club Last week Essendon had a positive start to their AFL season. Yakult and Essendon have similar visions for providing ongoing health and education programs to the community. As a Company, Yakult strives to contribute to the health and happiness of people around the world, through […]
Simple tips for adding prebiotics to some of your family favourites
Prebiotic’ fibre is a type of dietary fibre that reaches the large intestine undigested. Including this type of fibre in your diet can help maintain digestive balance by providing nourishment for the beneficial bacteria in your gut. Not all fibre is prebiotic, the list below highlights which foods have a high prebiotic fibre content. Based […]
Knowing your gut microbes?
We have microbes in our gut and all over our body. Microbes are living single cell microorganisms and include bacteria and fungi. There’s an astonishing number! Of course they’re invisible because they are so small. In our gut live microbes that literally keep us alive. Without these gut microbes our digestive system would not function […]