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qingcharlesyesterday at 5:10 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yakult is a Japanese company? I always assumed from the name it came from mainland Europe somewhere. They did a Häagen-Dazs on me. Especially as the Japanese often come up with Western names like this that aren't even spellable in kana.


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pan69yesterday at 7:00 PM

> Yakult (ヤクルト, Yakuruto) is a Japanese sweetened probiotic milk beverage fermented with the bacteria strain Lacticaseibacillus casei Shirota. It is sold by Yakult Honsha based in Tokyo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakult

troymcyesterday at 6:56 PM

The plaid trim on the official uniform definitely gives it a Scottish aesthetic.