Yakult Melamine Free - Melamine Snippets

Yakult cultured drink originated from Japan is free of Melamine tainted ingredients even though one of it is skim milk powder.

Ingredients: (source: wikipedia)
* Sugar (sucrose) to balance sourness with sweetness.
* Skim milk powder
* Dextrose
* Natural flavours
* Live Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota , 6.5 billions per 65 mL
bottle (concentration of 108 CFU/mL)
* Water

In Malaysia, the Health Ministry has clear Yakult products namely Yakult Ace from Yakult Malaysia to be free of melamine contamination as their milk ingredients sourced from Australia.

In the Philippines, Yakult wasn’t among the list of dairy products that were being tested for contamination by Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD Philippines). See 52 Milk Products In Philippines Suspected To Contain Melamine