Yakult is giving customers the chance to enjoy a range of activities that are rewarding for both body and mind, in a on-pack promotional campaign created to celebrate ‘The Science of You’.

Customers can claim a free sports or wellbeing session with every promotional pack of Yakult and Yakult Light. Various activities on offer include tennis, swimming and golf lessons, personal trainer sessions and even out-of-the-ordinary experiences such as Disco Yoga and outdoor boot camps with British Military Fitness. There are over 3,000 venues taking part in the campaign nationwide.

For those more into wellbeing for the mind, Yakult has also collaborated with The Mindfulness App to offer three months free subscription to its premium meditation service.

Reshma Patel, Marketing Manager at Yakult UK & Ireland, says: “‘The ‘Science of You’ campaign aims to drive penetration over the summer-time, when people are increasingly looking for positive lifestyle choices. The simple mechanic, celebrating wellbeing and the science of the human body, connects the brand with our core values while also helping us deliver on our business objectives.”

The campaign is running until July 31^st, 2018 across 2.5 million packs. Customers who register within the promotional period can still download vouchers until September 30th, with vouchers being accepted at venues until December 3^rd, 2018. Promotional packs can be purchased in all major supermarkets and independents across the UK and Republic of Ireland.

To take part, consumers buy purchase any promotional pack of Yakult or Yakult Light, visit www.yakultactivities.com, register their details and enter their promotional code. They will then be able to browse thousands of independent studios, pools and gyms to find those in their local area and download a voucher. To claim their free activity, customers they must present the voucher at their chosen venue.

Campaign concept, partners and creative, which includes in-store POS, OOH media as well on-pack stickers, was developed and is being managed by London-based agency TLC Marketing. TLC also designed and built the campaign microsite, with the ‘Yakult Activities’ portal, which uses an interactive quiz to educate customers about what activities can help their body and why.

Martin Covill, Director of Business at TLC Marketing, said, “Dr Shirota, the scientist who created Yakult, believed that true health stemmed from both physical fitness and mental wellbeing. The ‘Science of You’ campaign embodies the history and vision of Yakult, but also pays homage to Dr Shirota – honouring his legacy with body and mind orientated rewards.”

TLC Marketing previously worked with Yakult on a 2015 campaign to celebrate the brand’s 80th anniversary with an on-pack ‘Culture Pass’ promotion.

TLC Marketing Worldwide is a global leader in loyalty, incentive and reward campaigns. It is the Institute of Promotional Marketing (IPM) Agency of the Year 2017 and won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade in 2016. In the past two years, the agency has also won awards for its work with Continental Tyres, Bupa, Pallas Foods and Braun. Other clients include Eon, HSBC, First Direct and Yakult.

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This August, a pop-up café with a difference is coming to London’s trendy Shoreditch. Created by the nation’s bakers, the Toast or Hands Café has been designed to remind hungry young Londoners that life is #BetterWithBread.

Hitting the streets of East London on Friday 4th August, the quirky café, created by the Bakers and Millers of Britain, aims to show what life would be like if people didn’t eat bread. It comes as part of the trade body’s #BetterWithBread campaign, celebrating bread as a national treasure and challenging the clean-eating trend that has wrongly demonised it.

For one day only, the single ingredient café will be giving out free unicorn toast (an on-trend creation using natural food colouring and cream cheese) to celebrate how the much-loved sliced loaf is also a nutritional powerhouse, low in fat and sugar, and with the UK’s having the lowest salt levels in Europe.

Clean eaters who need more convincing will be offered the option of having their favourite toppings — but spread over their hands instead of a slice of bread…

Nutritionist Lily Soutter, who will be there on the day answering people’s questions on the benefits of bread, says: “The Toast or Hands Café aims to bust myths and show that bread is not the enemy. Bread has been a dietary staple in Britain for years so this is a tongue in cheek way to poke fun at the latest fad diets and give clean eaters the chance to get a little bit messy.”

Soutter adds: “All bread, no matter where it’s baked, is created equal, made using the same primary ingredients -water, yeast, flour. It’s a great source of energy and at only 80 calories a slice, it’s a low-fat option. It’s time to celebrate the sliced loaf for the hero it is.”

Customers will be encouraged to share their experience using the hashtag #BetterWithBread and will be given the opportunity to enter a competition to win everything they need to make the perfect slice of toast.

The Toast or Hands Café will be open on Friday August 4th from 7.30am – 5pm at 31 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EY.

The launch of #BetterWithBread is the latest in a series of campaigns run by the nation’s bakers – the Federation of Bakers and the Flour Advisory Bureau – promoting the benefits of sliced bread, particularly to young women.

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The latest Change4Life campaign, backed up a by a free app which scans product barcodes and compares ingredients, aims to educate families about the significant amount of sugar children are consuming even before they get to school.

The new push from Public Health England (PHE), the government department behind Change4Life, launched today. Its main message is that children consume half the daily recommended sugar intake before the morning school bell rings.

The campaign urges parents to Be Food Smart and take more control of their children’s diets. The new Be Food Smart app highlights just how much sugar, saturated fat and salt can be found in everyday food and drink that their children consume.

The free app works by scanning the barcode of products allowing parents to compare brands and also features food detective activities for children and mini missions the whole family can enjoy.

The app is an integral part of a campaign that also includes TV, digital and outdoor, plus the distribution of 4.6 million free Be Food Smart packs to primary school aged children and families at local events across England.

PHE says that on average children in England consume more than 11g of sugar at breakfast time alone, almost three sugar cubes. The recommended daily maximum is no more than five cubes of sugar for 4 to 6 year olds and no more than six cubes for 7 to 10 year olds per day. By the end of the day, UK children have on average consumed more than three times these recommendations.

A survey conducted for PHE’s Change4Life campaign found that parents are unsure what makes up a healthy breakfast for their children. Most parents (84%) whose children consume three or more sugar cubes in their breakfast think their child’s breakfast is healthy.

PHE says some of the main sources of sugar at breakfast time include sugary cereals, drinks and spreads. Away from the breakfast table, children are also consuming too much sugar, saturated fat and salt in items such as confectionery, biscuits, muffins, pastries and soft drinks.

Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist, Public Health England, says: “Children have far too much sugar, and a lot of it is before their first lesson of the day. It’s crucial for children to have a healthy breakfast, but we know the mornings in a busy household can be fraught. That’s why we’ve developed our Be Food Smart App, taking some of the pressure off parents and helping them to choose healthier food and drink options for their children.”

Public Health England exists to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. It does this through world-class science, knowledge and intelligence, advocacy, partnerships and the delivery of specialist public health services. PHE is an operationally autonomous executive agency of the Department of Health.

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