Yakult — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Yakult by Yakult ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

A tiny 65ml bottle that's basically sweetened milky water with a probiotic strain dropped in. After water, the top two ingredients are sugar and glucose — two separate sweeteners — making it roughly 17% sugar. The live bacteria are real, but you're paying for them with a sugar shot dressed up as a health drink.

Why this verdict

• Two separate sweeteners — sugar and glucose — make up most of what isn't water
• Roughly 17% sugar; ~3g added sugar packed into a tiny 65ml shot
• Added natural and nature-identical flavours, NOVA 4 ultra-processed
• Sold as a 'health drink' but it's sweetened milky water with one bacterial strain

Ingredients (6)

• Water (safe) — First ingredient by weight; this pudding is mostly water, not milk.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
• Skimmed Milk Powder (moderate) — Dairy filler/binder; milk allergen.
• Glucose (moderate) — A small added sugar used in curing; minor but it's still refined sugar.
• Probiotic Lactobacillus casei Shirota (LcS) (safe) — A genuinely well-studied probiotic strain that survives stomach acid and reaches the gut. The one real functional benefit.
• Added natural & nature-identical flavours (moderate) — Lab-added flavouring to make the sugar-water taste like a treat; a marker of processing.