A three-dimensional glass standing on a digital kitchen scale. Sugar pours into the glass and the scale shows the weight in grams.
Yakult Original
- Drinks
- Milk drinks
How much sugar is in Yakult Original?
One 80 ml serving contains 10 g of sugar. That works out at roughly 2–3 sugar cubes, or 20 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
- Brand
- Yakult
- Serving
- Bottle · 80 ml
- Sugar per 100 ml
- 12.5 g
- Market
- United States
About Yakult Original
Yakult Original is the standard U.S. drink in an 80 mL bottle, not Yakult Light. Its U.S. label lists sugar and glucose separately and treats one bottle as a serving, while the German version in this catalogue uses a different 65 mL bottle and formulation.
Is that a lot of sugar?
Concentration
High sugar
12.5 g of sugar per 100 ml. The UK front-of-pack scheme calls a drink low up to 2.5 g and high above 11.25 g per 100 ml.
In one serving
A small share of a typical day
The 80 ml serving carries 10 g — 20 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
Concentration follows the UK Department of Health front-of-pack thresholds for total sugars. The serving reading follows the WHO orientation value for free sugars. Nutri-Score is reproduced from the source named above. All three are applied mechanically to the declared figures for the market shown. None of them is a judgement about the product, and none is medical or dietary advice — what a given amount of sugar means for you depends on your whole diet and circumstances.
Nutrition facts for Yakult Original
| Per | 100 ml | 80 ml |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 262 kJ / 63 kcal | 209 kJ / 50 kcal |
| Fat | 0 g | 0 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g | 12 g |
| of which sugars | 12.5 g | 10 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Protein | 1.3 g | 1 g |
| Salt | 0.05 g | 0.04 g |
What is in Yakult Original?
WATER, SUGAR, NONFAT MILK, GLUCOSE, NATURAL FLAVORS, L. PARACASEI STRAIN SHIROTA
Milk drinks compared
Nesquik Chocolate Lowfat Milk
Bottle · 414 ml
39g
about 9–10 sugar cubes
9.4 g sugar / 100 ml
Yakult Original
Bottle · 80 ml
10g
about 2–3 sugar cubes
12.5 g sugar / 100 ml
Oatly Oatmilk Barista Edition
Glass · 240 ml
7g
about 1–2 sugar cubes
2.9 g sugar / 100 ml
fairlife
Core Power Chocolate 26g Protein Shake
Bottle · 414 ml
5g
about 1–2 sugar cubes
1.2 g sugar / 100 ml
Same market only — figures for another country are not comparable. Sorted by sugar per serving.
Common questions about Yakult Original
- How much sugar is in Yakult Original?
- One 80 ml serving contains 10 g of sugar, which is 12.5 g per 100 ml.
- How many sugar cubes is that?
- Roughly 2–3 cubes at 4 g each, or 20 % of the WHO orientation value of 50 g of free sugars a day.
- How many calories are in Yakult Original?
- One 80 ml serving provides about 50 kcal (209 kJ).