Industrial visit to 'Yakult Danone Private Limited'
23rd September 2022
Institution's Innovation Council (IIC), Ministry of Education (MoE) Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida organized an industrial visit to “Yakult Danone Private Limited” on 23rd September 2022.
The main objective of the visit was to make students familiar with the processing, research and production aspects at Yakult Danone India (P) Limited.
Yakult, a probiotic drink was launched in India in 2007 by Yakult Danone India (P) Ltd, a joint venture between two global probiotic leaders, Yakult Honsha, Japan and Groupe Danone, France. The company was formed in 2005 to manufacture and sell probiotic products in the Indian market. Yakult is manufactured at a HACCP certified manufacturing facility in Sonepat, Haryana. Yakult’s benefits have been scientifically established through 80 years of research.
Dronacharyans were welcomed by Yakult Officials. An executive from Yakult gave a brief presentation about the company. After the presentation faculty members and students visited the product display area, which had product display and its availability at various countries.
Next Donacharyans were taken to manufacturing units where they have given a brief idea about the sections and the processes that are carried out in the factory at different stages such as seed room, preparation of probiotics, quality checking, R & D section. All the processing units were fully automated.
After the visit everyone gathered into the seminar hall where Yakult official cleared the doubts of the students.
After the visit student understood the automation and research protocol adopted by Yakult for their products. It was a very good learning experience for all.