This philosophy is continued as Shirota-ism by the research and development activities at the Yakult Central Institute. The concept of probiotics, meaning symbiosis with microorganisms ...

Background and Aim Evidence suggests that probiotics reduce certain constipation-related symptoms. Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota has never been tested as treatment for functional constipation ...

The Yakult Central Institute in Japan, established at its current location in Tokyo in 1967, has continued Shirota’s research into this field of probiotics by investigating the functions and ...

The production of Yakult (pronouned "YAA-kult") began in the 1930s, after founder Dr. Minoru Shirota successfully cultured a ...

is a fermented milk drink with a high number of probiotics. Each bottle of this premium fermented milk drink contains 30 billion Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (approximately four times the ...

Touting its ability to relieve stress and improve sleep quality, one bottle of the probiotic drink contains about 100 billion of the Shirota strain of lactic acid bacteria. The sleep aid caused a ...