Actimel (known as DanActive in the United States and Canada) is a probiotic yogurt-type drink produced by the French company Danone. Actimel earned over €1.4 billion (US$1.8 billion) in retail sales in 2006.
What's better Actimel or Yakult?
Yoghurt drink Yakult contained enough bacteria at first but failed in the next two stages while its rival Actimel also fell short on the number of bacteria surviving in the stomach. “These include independent studies showing survival of Yakult's unique strain through the human gut at a high level.”12 Sept 2014
Over the course of the three tests, two products (Symprove® and VSL#3®) survived the stomach acid test, and Actimel®, Symprove® and VSL#3® were the products able to multiply effectively at the end of the process.20 Oct 2017
Are Actimel actually good for you?
It added that its probiotics were developed after more than 10 years of clinical research, it had conducted over 25 scientific studies on its bacteria, showing that Actimel had a measurable beneficial effect for healthy people when taken on a daily basis and was doing substantial further research.24 Jul 2009
Can you drink Actimel every day?
Actimel can be consumed every day as part of a healthy balanced diet and lifestyle.
Yakult is one of the most popular probiotic drink, isn't it? It is known that it's packed with a powerful dose of live cultures that are useful to improve digestion, our immune system and skin health, among other benefits. Not to mention its wonderful sweet taste and convenient packaging.