”The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” --Thomas Edison
Yogurt has “something for everyone”--it can be a quick meal for a busy mother, a sweet treat for a child, a diet aid for those trying to lose weight, and a daily digestive, an immunity booster and a source of probiotics. It has been called “the most versatile of all commodities.” This is quite a statement for an industry that did not exist 60 years ago.
Across the globe, as consumers link food, nutrition and health, they are increasingly deciding yogurt can assist their efforts. In Japan, Yakult’s “daily dose” concept has successfully encouraged one to two daily shots of yogurt with “friendly bacteria.” In France, Nestlé’s LC1 yogurt contains La1 probiotics; Nestlé’s scientists have sequenced the La1 genome and can document health-promoting results.