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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 … Continue reading “An Interest with the Gut”

(Photo: Rebels full-back Dane Haylett-Petty, Yakult Director David Whatley, Yakult Managing Director Kenji Ono, Rebels CEO Baden Stephenson, Rebels scrum-half Will Genia, Rebels centre Bill Meakes. Credit: Melbourne Rebels) Yakult Australia are excited to extend their commitment with the Melbourne Rebels for a further two years, after an already successful seven-year partnership. “We are delighted … Continue reading “Continuing our partnership with the Melbourne Rebels”

(Photo: Yakult Director David Whatley, Essendon CEO Xavier Campbell, Yakult Managing Director Kenji Ono. Credit: Essendon Football Club) Yakult Australia are proud to announce that we have extended our partnership with the Essendon Football Club in 2019, signing on as a premier partner and official match-ball partner once again. As Yakult enters it’s 15th consecutive … Continue reading “Yakult Enters 15th Year With Essendon”

Remember that feeling of nervousness before a big event such as your wedding day or before that big race. Perhaps sending shivers down your body and that feeling of butterflies in your stomach. Have you wondered about why you get that fluttering feeling in your stomach from an emotion? Your gut and your brain are … Continue reading “Gut Feeling”

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 … Continue reading “Happy Chinese New Year”

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 … Continue reading “Tips for 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 … Continue reading “Festive Cheer”

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 … Continue reading “Inside Matters- Issue 32: Learn where our Yakult Bottle shape comes from”

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 … Continue reading “Fresh new website design”

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 … Continue reading “Are you getting the real deal?”