INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO YAKULT

2. ABOUT INDUSRIAL VISIT
• DURING THE VISIT, STUDENTS WERE SHOWN COMPLETE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF
YAKULT. THEY WERE GIVEN DEMONSTRATION OF ALL THE MACHINERY INVOLVED IN
THE PROCESS, INITIATING FROM THE STEP OF PRE-PROCESSING OF RAW MATERIALS
TO MIXING OF RAW MATERIALS, STERILIZATION & PREPARATION OF FERMENTATION
TANK TO INOCULATION WITH PROBIOTICS, INJECTION MOULDING MACHINE, BOTTLE
STORAGE TANK TO COMPLETE PACKAGING OF YAKULT. FURTHER, THEY WERE
GUIDED ABOUT QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE STEPS IMPLEMENTED
DURING THE PRODUCTION & PACKING PROCESS. ON THIS TRIP, STUDENTS WERE
EXPOSED TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROBIOTICS AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF
MICROBIAL ENZYMES.

5. WHAT IS YAKULT ?
• IT IS A PRO-BIOTIC DRINK THAT COULD
REACH THE INTESTINES ALIVE TO IMPART
HEALTH BENEFITS. YAKULT DRINK
IMPROVES DIGESTION, BUILDS IMMUNITY
& PREVENTS INFECTION. HE SUCCEEDED
IN CULTURING LACTIC ACID BACTERIA,
WHICH IS BENEFICIAL TO HUMAN BEINGS.
YAKULT CONTAINS NO PRESERVATIVES.

6. YAKULT IN INDIA • YES, YAKULT IS MANUFACTURED AT
AN ISO 9001:2008, HACCP AND
OHSAS 18001:2007 CERTIFIED,
STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY IN RAI,
SONEPAT, IN HARYANA. THE
ENTIRE PRODUCTION PROCESS IS
FULLY AUTOMATED AND
STRINGENT HYGIENE STANDARDS
ARE MAINTAINED FROM START TO
FINISH.

8. FOUNDER OF YAKULT
• IN 1930 A JAPANESE SCIENTIST, DR. MINORU
SHIROTA DISCOVERED THE STRAIN OF BACTERIA –
LACTOBACILLUS CASEI AND IS NAMED STRAIN
SHIROTA

10. YAKULT CONTAINS
• "THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT OF YAKULT IS THE
LIVE LACTOBACILLUS CASEI SHIROTA (LCS) . YAKULT
CONTAINS SKIMMED MILK POWDER, SUGAR, GLUCOSE,
WATER AND MORE THAN 6.5 BILLION LCS.
• NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (PER 65 ML) :-
ENERGY: 50KCAL, PROTEINS: 0.8G, CARBOHYDRATES: 12G,
(ADDED SUGAR- 10GM) FAT: < 0.1G
• YAKULT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY PRESERVATIVES,
COLOURING OR STABILIZERS. THE BROWNISH COLOUR OF
YAKULT IS A RESULT OF THE CARAMELIZATION THAT OCCURS
BECAUSE OF HEATING OF MILK AND SUGAR DURING THE
PRODUCTION PROCESS.
• YAKULT CONTAINS APPROX 10 GMS OF SUGAR PER SERVING
(65 ML).
THE REASON WE INCLUDE SUGAR IS THAT IT PROVIDES
ESSENTIAL 'FOOD' FOR THE GOOD BACTERIA, KEEPING THEM
ALIVE DURING SHELF LIFE."

11. FIRST LAUNCH OF YAKULT
• YAKULT WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN JAPAN IN
1935, AND TODAY WITH OVER 80 YEARS OF
HISTORY, YAKULT IS A GLOBAL LEADER IN
THE PROBIOTIC DRINKS MARKET WITH THE
WIDE RANGE OF PROBIOTIC PRODUCTS
USING LACTOBACILLUS CASEI STRAIN
SHIROTA (LCS)AND BIFIDOBACTERIUM
BREVE.

12. BENEFITS OF
DRINKING
YAKULT