Case Studies (III) to Yakult

As u know, I went Yakult factory in Nilai yesterday for case studies purpose..which ended my holidays in PG much earlier than it supposed to be..

Well, what I can say about the case studies was that..it is jz like another typical visit to a factory..U wont be amazed by the high tech machines that they have or efficiency of the production part like what u might feel when u r still in primary school or even secondary..Somehow this is already being expected..Anyway, if we were to visit the main office branch in Japan..then it would be a totally different story to tell..

Woke up at around 6.55am n get myself prepared..cz We are being told that to gather at the campus before 7.50am..It's been such a LOOoooNG time since I wake up so early..Miss the time that I could actually sleep until 1pm in PG..

Apparently, not every student would follow instruction to be punctual..We ended up depart at around 8.15am or even later..The people on bus were kinda quiet..Guess this is becoz most of us still yet to really awake..U will see the difference by the time going back Monash..*Winks*

Nilai is like a greenery place?Hahax..Cz as far as I can see, everywhere has trees n bushes..(Veggie, is this true??)

We finally reached Yakult factory..
First, we were invited to visit the washroom..hahax..An hour journey on the bus wor..not bad la..that gal still knows what we need..Nothing special about the WC though..Ha!
Then we went to a place..sort of like a theater room..where they have projector screen inside..
N so here started the introductory part about Yakult..Yakult n still Yakult..
Basically, I was not really paying attention la..Aiyo..It's hard to be attentive esp so early in the morning..Brain still not functioning well..But got roughly copied down some notes(useful or not I'm not sure..=P)..
Anyway, when it comes to some interesting part..rather than the dull introductory then only I'll be more attentive..Especially the video shoot part..the advertisement of Yakult in M'sia is simply stupiak..sumore has 3 kinds of languages..Lolx..I bet u all have seen it from the TV..I did record the video, but the quality somehow not so good..Not gonna upload then..

Basically..
Yakult ace is a product of cultured milk drink..It's known as a probiotics drink..This term--probioctics is the opposite of antibiotics where its purpose is to prevent bacteria from degrading our health at the same time improving balance between the good and harmful bacteria that live in our intestines..
It has a history of more than 70 years..The founder of Yakult is Dr. Minoru Shirota from Japan..The scientific name of the strain of lactic acid bacteria found is called after the founder's name-->Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain..
Dr. Minoru Shirota has his own philosophy, which is also called 'Shitota-ism'..

• 1. Prevention is better than cure with preventive medicine.
• 2. A healthy intestinal tract leads to a long life.
• 3. Bringing good health at reasonable price.

Divisions of Yakult cover on the use of beneficial bacteria in food & beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Yakult has now being spreaded to more than 25 countries worldwide, which is a big achievement. However, what we have in M'sia currently is only the cultured milk drink. The other products can only be found in Japan.

Yakult's noodle..Woohoo~XD

Can u notice the small bottles in the pic?
It's actually some sort of anti-cancer medicine (only sold in Jap).

Different packaging worldwide

Various beverages of Yakult

The Yakult that we drink in Malaysia actually is kind of imported from Japan. This is because the bacteria inside the drink actually comes from the mother culture in Japan. The factory in Nilai, Seremban is established in Feb 2004 with RM70 million of investment. Current production per day is about 111000 bottles per day..There's at least 30 billions bacteria in the product of Yakult in M'sia, whereas in Jap, for every 65ml bottle of Yakult contains around 6.5X10^9 bacteria. Therefore, for health sake, the consumers are encouraged to consume two bottles of Yakult per day in order to keep a healthy body.
By consuming it daily, it is able to

• -increase good bacteria n reduce the harmful ones
• -prevent diarrhea & constipation
• -reduce production of toxins
• -work on immune system, lower the risk of cancer and infection disease.

(LoLx..Sounded so like helping Yakult to promote its product..hehe)

N oh ya..according to that gal, she said that Yakult always has a fix price, which is RM3.90 per pack..Yakult never involve in promotional price for pre-expiry products..The company will get back the products 2 weeks before the expired date FOR SURE for quality control. They dont even have staff price. (O..That's bad..haha) If we want to buy Yakult from the factory, we can do so with the same price but the Yakult drinks we get are freshly produced from the factory on that day..which means the drinks would contain more lactic acid bacteria compared to those sold in the supermarket..Anyway, none of us buy it..Hahax..not so much of interest in Healthy drinks?

Free Yakult for each
It's not meant to ease thirst but for healthy purpose..
that's why its volume is so small..
not enough for us at all la..

The correct method to remove the straw from Yakult bottle.

After that, we are brought to visit the whole production process on the fist floor. The walls are made of glass and so every step of the production process is clearly visible..
from the seed room >> control room >> cultured tank >> bottle storage tank >>filling machine >> label shrinking machine >> straw applicator >> multi-shrinking wrapping machine >> re-shrinking machine >> refrigerator. (Bla bla bla..So many machines..with so little workers inside only..manpower is gradually being replaced huh?!)

Machines work in one line till the finishing line of the process.

On the way back..the back benchers were the noisiest of all..Hahax..Totally a different scene compared to the one in the morning..Those that sleeping in front sure felt that we are annoying then..

Back seaters rockZzz XD

Su Lin was reading throughout the journey on the bus..
'Pui fook pui fook'..
If for me sure @_@..hehe

We reached Monash at 12 noon.


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