Yakult Honsha, founded in 1935 and incorporated in 1955, builds its business on probiotics research. Its dairy products include New Yakult, which contains Lacticaseibacillus paracasei strain Shirota, and MilMil, which contains a Bifidobacterium breve strain, alongside Yakult Bansoreicha tea and the Tough-man energy drink. Overseas, it produces and sells locally and has sales in 39 countries and regions outside Japan.
Its cosmetics business develops ingredients from lactic acid bacteria, including the moisturizing ingredient S.E. (Shirota Essence), and it also runs pharmaceutical plants. The company is expanding into wellness, health and beauty, and medical care and nutrition, with probiotics at the core. It had 2,912 employees as of March 31, 2026.
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