Major Achievements of Yakult Central Institute

1970 – Development of Joie, a drink-type yogurt.
1978 – Development of Mil-Mil, a drink-type yogurt containing bifidobacteria.

1979 – Successful in the reduction of toxicity of the antitumor agent Camptothecin by chemical modification.

Development of galactooligosaccharides which promote bifidobacteria growth.

1980 – Identification of the skin moisture retaining and antioxidant components in SE, a culture filtrate of lactic acid bacteria.

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