Photobucket From Wikipedia, Yakult (????, Yakuruto?) is a Japanese probiotic milk-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota.

In their official website, here’s the history of how this product came about and marketed.

So why is this my subject of the day? It’s because my son loooooves it. So much so that we have to hide our supply (actually, it’s his supply) so he will not consume all of them. ;-) I am not kidding. There was one time when he finished a pack (and was still wanting some more) in just one sitting! Usually, I buy 3 to 4 packs per week, with each pack containing 5 bottles just for my son. Oh but sometimes, he shares some to us. God bless his heart. But mostly, he can consume it all without our help.

When we were kids, my parents used to buy this for us. They said it contains live, friendly bacteria (probiotics) that are good for the tummy and the immune system. We don’t care about all that info before but we all loved it - actually, we still love it up to now! All we cared was its taste. I loved its taste before as much as my son loves it now. :-)

Now as a parent, I have a fair understanding about this probiotics thingy and so rather than buying other drinks for my son, I give him Yakult instead. I also feel this is safe for him because it is gluten-free.