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Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. is one of the leading dairy product companies in Japan with a century of history harnessing the nutritional properties of dairy products and its functional ingredients.


Morinaga Milk is also a key global probiotics manufacturer that excels in innovative technology, offering a premium line of probiotics and functional ingredients worldwide. Since the 1960s, Morinaga Milk has been engaged in research on the Human-Residential Bifidobacteria (HRB) to explore their beneficial functions in maintaining human health. 


In recent years, with its innovative technology, Morinaga Milk has developed a paraprobiotic strain, LAC-Shield™ (heat-killed L. paracasei MCC1849) that specifically addresses the increased interest in immune health.

Early life with

Morinaga Milk's Probiotics

Morinaga Milk's HRB probiotics are clinically proven at promoting infant health. 

The first 1,000 days of life represent a window of opportunity for shaping a healthy gastrointestinal tract and immune system, affecting lifelong health. During this critical period, the infant’s gut microbiota is developing along with its immune system. Bifidobacterium is one of the most dominant bacterial genus present in the healthy gut. Colonization with bifidobacteria is believed to play pivotal roles in the maturation of the immune, digestive, and metabolic systems, which, in turn, protect against susceptibility to various diseases later in life. 

Morinaga Milk's Probiotics for Children's Health

Backed with clinical studies, Morinaga Milk's HRB Probiotics also show great promise at improving gastrointestinal health, protecting against infection, and preventing allergic disorders in children.

Adulthood with Morinaga Milk's Probiotics

Lifestyle in this modern era – stress, poor diet, and the regular use of antibiotics – can affect the microbiota composition and possibly lead to an imbalance in the immune system and consequently resulting in various health disorders such as gut disorders, allergy, mood disorder, obesity, and infections.


Supplementation of Morinaga Milk's HRB probiotics and paraprobiotic strains are clinically effective at promoting various health aspects in adults.

Morinaga Milk's

Probiotics for

Healthy Aging

People worldwide are living longer. Life expectancy continues to increase globally but maintaining health in older age may not be easy. It depends on the homeostatic function of the body system and its correct interaction with gut microbiota. Aging has a significant effect on the gut microbiota composition and the immune response in the elderly.


Backed with clinical studies, Morinaga Milk's HRB probiotic and paraprobiotic strains show great promise in promoting gut and immune health in seniors.

Your Innovative Probiotics Solution

With a rigor safety and efficacy profile, Morinaga Milk’s HRB probiotics and its unique paraprobiotic strain deliver your desired results in NPD.   

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B. longum BB536

  • Multifunctional human bifidobacteria strain

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B. breve M-16V

  • Ideal probiotic for infant health 

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B. infantis M-63

  • Superior potential for infant use

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B. breve B-3

  • Unique probiotic strain for weight management 

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LAC-Shield®

  • Unique paraprobiotic strain with prominent immunomodulatory effect   

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B. longum BB536

  • Multifunctional human bifidobacteria strain

B. breve M-16V

  • Ideal probiotic for infant health 

B. infantis M-63

  • Superior potential for infant use

B. breve B-3

  • Unique probiotic strain for weight management 

Heat-killed L. paracasei

  • Unique paraprobiotic strain with prominent immunomodulatory effect.  
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