Has anybody tried Actimel or similar?

At least Actimel is more palatable than Yakult, which I imagine is what dogs' milk might taste like.

In a weak moment, I did try it for a fortnight - a large gin & tonic has far more noticeable effects, frankly.

Do Danone actually claim any measurable benefits? No [because they can't]. In downtown Fulham Sainsbury's, both Yakult & Actimel just fly off the shelves - it's all part of the fluffy world of half-understood 'just in case' pseudo science / poor risk assessment that seems to dog consumer food spending at the moment.

If you are devoted to bottled water, however, you'll probably love it.

throb

I prefer bottled beer to bottled water. Maybe I'll just stick to that.

Hi
Danone have just been hauled over the coals for saying there were no additives in their product when in fact the opposite was the case.
Regards
jim

I don't eat milk products but am reliably informed that Rachel's Organic Bio-Live Yoghurt is excellent.

Its all bullshit, I had Danone rep in to my unit today, trying to push the Flavoured waters of Evian and parent companies (they are all the same company BTW)

He was also trying to sell me Shape yogurts (Same company) and some sort of breakfast thing which was yogurt and crumble.

The long and short of it is, nothing more than marketing bullshit. Bacteria my arse, they all get shot to hell when they hit your tummy anyway.

grrrr

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Originally posted by throbnorth:
Do Danone actually claim any measurable benefits? No [because they can't].

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Very true, but this is quite likely because we haven't yet worked out what to measure. It's a bit like some audio goods "sounding better" than others -- current measurement protocols are useless at backing this up.

I think that there is quite a lot of eveidence to suggest that good yoghurt is a good thing to eat for a variety of reasons. The fact that some people don't like the taste of it has prompted Danone (and others) to produce the dumbed-down version which is convenient, tastes nothing like yoghurt, yet supposedly has similar benefits. Given their track record, this is likely to complete bollocks, IMHO. The fact that it tastes better than Yakult is however, undeniable!

Ski did a very similar thing with fruit yoghurt in the late 60s. Nothing new under the sun, etc. Then, as now, the only "real" yoghurt to my mind is served by a Greek shopkeeper (with a wooden paddle) from a bulk container onto a sheet of waxed paper with a "splot" sound, before being ceremoniously wrapped in said paper so that you can carry it off to stuff yourself with. Eating this will naturally cause you to live to 125 while enjoying sex twice a day. It may be the bacteria, but what's in the paper?

Best;

Mark