Comments on: Legal action against this site by Danone

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:02:19 +0000

I have recently been using Activia and so have several members of my family. I started after a long antibiotic treatment was causing some constipation and figured I’d give yogurts a try (never ate them before).
I’ve never been so regular as with Activia. My son said he’s never pooped so much when he tried it (same with my wife).
Other yogurts I tried did nothing that I noticed…but I sure noticed a big effect from Activia.
So what if Danone uses a marketing term? Like other products don’t? That’s up to the marketing people….not the scientists…
I think our gut was intended to ingest a lot more bacteria than we do now due to all our cooking we do and much more sterile environments. So adding some bacterial cultures to your digestive tract makes a lot of sense to me (and has now been confirmed by my own experimentation on 3 people who all say a huge difference).

By: Hope it is safe

Hope it is safe — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:36:57 +0000

I am not able to digest regular yogurt. This I can eat without complications. My only concern was the contents and long term effects.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:42:01 +0000

My brother saw the name “bifidus regularis” on a yogurt container and looked it up. In the past I do not remember ever seeing “regularis” as any kind of scientific name, instead, I remember seeing “[something] acidophilous” on yogurt containers. Yogurt has changed, not only its names for the bacterium for digestion, but some companies or types of yogurts even have high fructose corn syrup…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:17:05 +0000

Now their marketing materials recommend eating Activia 3 times a day to achieve optimum benefits. I eat Activia only because I like the flavor of their peach yogurt, but 3 times a day? That’s a little much, even for peach yogut!

By: Enter your name here

Enter your name here — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:14:52 +0000

I like the stuff, but I like most yogurts. Except Apricot flavour. Nasty little things are Apricot yogurt. I only ever by Danone when my supermarket does buy-one-get-one-free deals. regards the bifidus nonsense, I couldn’t care less.
But I do care about ice cream. That stuff is good. Oh yeah.

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:30:38 +0000

I just googled this thing after seeing a danone ad, which are still using the bifidus claim. This site was the first hit. My ex was totally drawn into this rubbish, still eats the stuff to this day believing it is real. It’s a yogurt like any other, and nothing more. I will never buy it and I never have either. If nothing else it’s overpriced for what it is. Sorry danone but you rank right up there with the people selling make up who have to air brush their models and make them wear false eye lashes to make people believe their ridiculously overpriced crap works. I will not buy from liars.

By: John

John — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:10:26 +0000

My buddy and I were sitting at the lunch table at work when we heard that ridiculous word. We immediately questioned it. Not everyone is a fool, Danone!

By: Vickie

Vickie — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:48:40 +0000

Why don’t you ask Dannon if Bifidus Regularis is a strain of genetically modified probiotic. A colleague of mine did and they sent a terse reply without a definitve “yes” or “no” reply to her question.

By: Elly

Elly — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:43:11 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you. The first time I saw “bifidus regularis” on a commercial I was disgusted – as if a scientist would actually name an organism such an absurd name. “Ah, we have a found a new organism. Let’s call it Bifidus Regularis!” Rediculous. Like Dansworld, I too cringe when I hear it. At least the British could see through it. I, on the other hand, have found most people here in the states never gave it a thought. Oh well. There is always the internet to find like-minded people.

By: larry cousins

larry cousins — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:14:55 +0000

I used to admire Jamie Curtis. She looks silly in the Activa ads.