Long before Activia came Yakult, a bioactive yogurt-like drink from Japan that is now available worldwide.

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The manufacturers of best-selling yogurt drinks Actimel and Yakult have submitted claims that will be considered at a later stage.

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Dairy is also a very good delivery system for probiotics, so yogurts that have been specially created to deliver probiotics are also good sources (Activia, Dan-Active, Yakult).

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