Today was another special day for me and the other Microbiology students. We went to Seremban 2 for a study trip. We started our journey quite late, around 2 pm. We arrived at the Yakult factory after more than one hours in the bus. First, we went into the seminar room which we listed to the staff explainations about Yakult and it's benefits.
Yakult is a probiotic dairy products made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota.
Lactobacillus casei Shirota is a bacterium that found in human intestine and mouth. It has a wide pH and temperature range. This type of bacteria also is the most used as probiotics.
Probiotics are microorganisms that provide health benefits when consumed. According to Eli Metchnikoff,"the dependence of the intestinal microbes on the food makes it possible to adopt measures to modify the flora in our bodies and to replace the harmful microbes by useful microbes".
I learned many other things that day such as the benefits of Yakult which are can reduce the risk of getting cancer, give pretty skins, avoid constipation and many more. I also knew another types of bacteria which are Lactobacillus helveticus, Streptococcus thermophilus and Clostridium perfringens.
After that, we went into the factory side where we saw all the machines used to make the Yakult and how the process going on. This is how they produce Yakult there.
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