About Yakult Malaysia
Yakult (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. was established in 2004 as a fully-owned subsidiary of Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.
The first ever bottle of Yakult cultured milk drink was created by Dr Shirota in Japan in 1935. In Malaysia, cultured milk drink Yakult Ace was first introduced in 2004. This was followed by the launching of its lower sugar version cultured milk, Yakult Ace Light in 2009.
Both Yakult Ace and Ace Light are high quality probiotic drinks that contain over 30 billion of live Shirota strain bacteria in every 80ml bottle. In Malaysia, Shirota strain is recognized as a probiotic bacteria by the Ministry of Health under the Food Regulations. This Shirota strain is among the strongest probiotic bacteria that is able to resist gastric juice to reach the intestines alive.
Yakult Ace and Yakult Ace Light
With the headquarters based in Shah Alam, Yakult (M) Sdn. Bhd has its manufacturing facility in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan and sales branches in Alor Setar, Penang, Ipoh, Kuantan, Kota Bharu, Kuala Terengganu, Seremban, Melaka, Johor Bahru, Kuching, Bintulu and Kota Kinabalu.
Yakult HQ: Lot No 7, Jalan Jururancang U1/21, Seksyen U1, Hicom Glenmarie Industrial Park, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Yakult Factory: No. 276 Jalan Haruan 1,Oakland Industrial Park, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus