2014-05-21

Morinaga Stronger Body Yogurt

Despite the long and somewhat awkward name, this is an interesting product. Morinaga appears to be rolling most of the functional ingredients it is known for into a single yogurt drink. Sold only by home delivery, something Japanese companies do to help ensure loyalty and regular useage, this one dose a day product includes the following functional ingredients:
1) lactoferrin, an antimicrobial protein found in relatively large quantities in mother's milk
2) BB536, a bifidobacterium that promotes good bacteria in the microbiota
and
3) MoLac, a Lactobacillus paracasei bacterium which even in it killed state, not live, boosts immune function.

Oddly, by some definitions, this would not count as a probiotic, because (2) is not a Lactobacillus strain and (3) used as a killed bacteria. Other definitions include Bifidobacteria, so this would count under those definitions. 森永 カラダ強くするのむヨーグルト

http://takuhaimilk.ne.jp/products/lfdrink/

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Coca Cola World Cup Giveaway

Coca Cola Japan is conducting a campaign and giveaway to coincide with the World Cup. Special Coke and Coke Zero bottles have Japanese player's names printed on them. At checkout, you receive a code on your receipt, which you use to receive points on your account on the Coca Cola Japan website. Various prizes are offered accumulating points: personalized Coke bottles (your name printed on the label), towels designed by Keisuke Honda (national team member), Sony TVs and Walkmans, etc. コカ・コーラ

https://secure-c.cocacola.co.jp/sealcp/l2014/

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7-Eleven Glico Giantcone Chocolate Mint

Glico is offering a mint chocolate version of its popular Giantcone ice cream series exclusively through 7-Eleven convenience stores for a limited time. Specials like this are usually a little more unusual, but mint chocolate might be enough to have some people choose 7-Eleven over other stores, I suppose. Other people, myself included, find the mint chocolate flavor combination almost inexplicably repellant. Chocolate is great and mint is fine, but mint chocolate is a completely different animal. グリコ ジャイアントコーン チョコミント

http://www.glico.co.jp/ice/giant/giant.html

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