Chinese New Year, also commonly known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is celebrated all around the world. The common New Year greeting in Mandarin Chinese is “Xin Nian Kuai Le” which literally means “Happy New Year”.

Chinese New Year follows the lunar calendar and thus there is no set date for it on our usual calendar. Chinese New Year starts on January 1^st (according to the lunar calendar) and the festival lasts until the 15^th January (the full moon). In 2019, this festival occurs on the February 5^th. Families and friends celebrating Chinese New Year will gather and have the most important meal of the year – the reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve (solar date February 4^th). After dinner, the children or unmarried individuals will be given red envelopes (which usually contain money) as a symbol of receiving luck and good fortune from their parents or married couples. The families will then stay up for the night and wait for the New Year.

While Western culture has 12 horoscopes, one for each month, there are 12 Chinese zodiac animals that last for the entire year. 2019 is the year of the pig and it is believed that people born in this zodiac sign show positive traits such as diligence, compassion, generosity and gentleness.

During this festive season, Yakult Australia wishes you a Happy Chinese New Year of the Pig, 新年快乐!

Happy New Year!

It’s the season of new year resolutions. For some it could be “exercise more”, “eat healthier” or “be more organised”. All have good intentions; nonetheless, few will make it past February. So why not change your mind and try something you can do at any time or day of the year that can improve your life?

A positive mind can make a massive difference in your day and may even improve your physical and psychological health. Here are a few easy tips to make each day the best day and each year a better year.

1. What are you thankful for today?
There are many blessings hidden in the everyday. This could be food on the table, fresh air or a kind gesture. Take a moment to find treasures to be thankful for today.

2. A positive perspective
Thomas Edison said it well. “I haven’t failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”. Is there a more positive way to look at the situation?

3. Look at the bigger picture
When we are focusing on a bad situation, we often make it bigger than it really is. Take a step back to put it in perspective. You may find it’s not as bad as you initially thought.

Here at Yakult, we hope to contribute to the health and happiness of people around the world. We hope these tips will help you have a happier, healthier new year!

During this festive season, enjoy a bottle of quality probiotics with your favourite festive foods and stay healthy!

Yakult Australia wishes you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Grab a pack of Yakult with our limited-edition Christmas packaging and share them with your loved ones this season.

Looking for holiday activities? Why not schedule a free guided tour of our Yakult factory? We are open during the school holidays and everyone is welcome! Bookings are essential.

We will be closed on all public holidays: Christmas Day (25/12/2018), Boxing Day (26/12/2018), New Year’s Day (1/1/2019) and Australia Day (28/1/2019).

Yakult Australia’s biannual newsletter, Inside Matters, is produced for our followers to keep up-to-date with the latest news about what’s happening at our Dandenong factory and information on Yakult and probiotics.

Featuring in our Summer issue is the history of Yakult’s unique shaped bottle after it was recently spotted in a Netflix film. Also, in this Issue learn a bit about a Japanese eating culture called, ‘Hara Hachi Bu’ which means eating until you are 80% full and learn to eat more mindfully.

Want to find out more? Join our emailing list for an electronic copy of Inside Matters today!

If you would like to receive an email with the latest issue of Inside Matters, please send your name and email address to info@yakult.com.au and we will make sure you receive the latest issues of Inside Matters as they come out!

If you are reading this, you have no doubt already noticed the exciting fresh new look of our website.

As advertised in our August blog, you can now submit an online booking request for a factory tour or talk and all our resources are available for you to download and print from our Free Education Resources page.

With the goal of making everything more accessible, we hope the streamlined content and easy-to find pages means you will find everything you need to know about Yakult quickly and easily.

Got a question for us? Check out our FAQ’s section available on our home page.
Can’t find what you are looking for? Send us a detailed enquiry or simply fill in our Consumer Satisfaction Survey.

We love the new look of our website and we hope you do too.

September 2018 

Yakult was the first probiotic fermented milk drink of its kind to be introduced to Australians back in 1994. Since then, many copy-cat products have appeared which have caused confusion to many shoppers.

Yakult only makes Yakult branded products and do not make any of the copy-cat versions. While Yakult differs from the copy-cats in many ways, including using quality Australian ingredients, use-by date labelled on each bottle and the Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain, how can you be sure you are choosing the genuine Yakult product when you are at the shops?

Here are 3 things to look for to ensure you are getting the real deal:

1.       The Yakult Logo
All Yakult products will have a large Yakult logo in the front of the pack

2.       Country of Origin Label
You will find these on all Yakult packs

1.       Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain picture
A magnified picture of our unique bacteria the Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain is on every pack of Yakult.

With these 3 checks, you can be confident you are drinking the genuine Yakult every day.

August 2018

We are currently working on massive update to the looks of our current website! Keeping in line with the branding of Yakult, we hope the new website will provide you with a fresh look that is clean, professional, yet fun and user-friendly.

You will soon be able to submit a detailed booking request for a factory tour or a talk using our online forms. (These forms are strictly for booking request only and will be confirmed with a return email from us.) All our downloadable resources will be easily accessible from one page and it will be easier to submit enquiries and feedback with our simplified forms.

Are there any new features or information that you would like us to include in our new website? Let us know through our current website feedback form or email directly to info@yakult.com.au.