I grew up with Yakult as did most kids and visiting the Yakult factory was one of my favorite memories of all time. Needless to say, we drink Yakult whenever we are overseas on holiday and have problems digesting our food. I didn't know until ACCICB told me that Vitagen is only sold in Singapore and Malaysia whereas Yakult is sold in 33 countries and regions. Strangely though, we drink Vitagen at home for many years but have recently switched to Yakult as it tastes better despite it being of a lesser amount. I've also tested Yakult Ace Light which has 30% lesser calories, a lighter taste and costs about 80 cents more and concluded that we'll stick to the original Yakult.

Yakult operations in Japan though include a pharmaceuticals business as well as a cosmetics business, which represent a small % of their business and is loss making ...