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 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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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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