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pan69yesterday at 7:00 PM1 replyview on HN

> 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


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layer8today at 1:33 AM

You should have also quoted the next sentence: The name "Yakult" was coined from jahurto, an Esperanto word meaning "yogurt".