Dannon® Activia®is a yogurt brand that contains the probiotic culture Bifidobacterium animalis lactis DN-173 010/CNCM I-2494. Activia is a probiotic yogurt that may help reduce the frequency of minor digestive discomfort when consumed twice a day for two weeks as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

From way back in the 1980s, our scientists at Danone have been working with passion to create a truly unique dairy product. A product with an amazingly creamy texture. A product that always tastes as awesome as it looks.

Groupe Danone Activia is a brand of yogurt owned by Groupe Danone (Dannon in the United States) and introduced in France in 1987. As of 2013, Activia is present in more than 70 countries and on 5 continents. Activia is classified as a functional food, designed to improve digestive health.

Ingredients. Cultured Grade A Reduced Fat Milk, Cane Sugar, Water, Modified Food Starch, Contains Less than 1% of Milk Protein Concentrate, Kosher Gelatin, Natural Flavors, Agar Agar, Lactic Acid, Vitamin D3, Milk Calcium.

Danone North America's 440,000-square-foot Minster, Ohio, plant produces the lion's share of its Activia brand's products.

Studies on the consumption of probiotic yogurt appear to have many positive benefits. These benefits extend into improving metabolism, reducing inflammation, preventing infection, and improving pregnancy outcomes by decreasing preterm births.

In 1843, the Miami and Erie Canal linked Minster to New York and New Orleans. While the waterway is long since defunct, this little town (population 2,800) continues to send products across the United States. It is home to The Dannon Co., which has been making yogurt in Minster since 1968.

Danone S.A. (French pronunciation: [danɔn]) is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company's products are branded Dannon in the United States.

Every flavour of Activia contains live and active probiotics (more than 1 billion Bifidobacterium lactis per serving) and may help reduce the frequency of minor digestive issues like: bloating, gas, discomfort and rumbling when consumed twice per day (2x100g) for 2 weeks as part of a balanced diet and a healthy ...

The yogurt: Originally made in Spain with cultures isolated at Paris' Pasteur Institute, Dannon yogurt is today made in four dairy plants around the United States.

Probiotics in yogurt stimulate healthy digestive function and help produce vitamins B12 and K. Strains of healthy bacteria added to yogurt and kefir include Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophiles, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Bifidus.

Physico-chemical analysis showed that probiotic yogurts have more pH, fat and solid not fat (SNF) contents compared to natural yogurt. While natural yogurts have higher Total Titrable Acidities (TTA) and total solids contents, compared to probiotic yogurts.