Activia

Activia is a brand for " probiotic " milk products of the French group Danone.

Properties

Activia is marketed as a health product ( functional food ), which is intended to stimulate digestion. Activia products contain Bifidobacterium animalis bacteria of the strain DN 173 010 Danone claims that the bacteria should eliminate indigestion and irregularities in digestion. An actual functionality of this product is not regarded as proven.

Danone moved in 2010 to the European Agency for Food Safety ( EFSA) his requests for returns with which the alleged health benefits of Activia should be confirmed. Similarly, the group renounced in France and the UK on to extol the supposedly digestive properties in commercials.

Variants

Activia products are sold in more than 30 countries. The product range varies by country.

• In France, in addition to various yogurt products also some cottage cheese varieties and " Activia à verser " ( " Activia to pour " ): semi-liquid yogurt eg for cereals and breakfast cereals.
• In the UK, the range of products offered is greater. It includes semi-solid yogurt in several flavors ( mango, fig and rhubarb) and intensely creamy yogurt and yogurt with fruit layers.
• In Brazil, both yogurt and yogurt drinks can be found on the shelves of department stores. The world's usual fruit flavors, some unique varieties such as carrots come with honey. The low-fat version is marketed as "0%".
• In Russia and the other CIS countries can be yogurt with pineapple and dried apricot pieces sell.
• In Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia are among the products semisolid yogurts ( cereal, strawberry, peach and plum) and yogurt drinks (cereals, strawberry kiwi and cherry-vanilla ).
• In South Africa, flavors include pear, mango, dried apricot, kiwi, fibers and plum on the product range.
• In Spain, sell variations with, strawberries, kiwi peach most blackberries and, there are over 56 different flavors.