Danone was founded over 100 years ago on a breakthrough concept of the time: that fermented foods and the bacteria they contained could bring health to all. One century later, Danone places the gut and its microbiome at the core of its health strategy to deliver the company’s mission of “bringing health through food to as many people as possible” with products like Activia probiotic yogurt.

Activia continues to support relevant research on the microbiome, such as the research conducted at Rutgers University lead by Dr. Martin Blaser to explore the link between the oral and gut microbiome and the severity of symptoms of COVID-19. The study is part of a series of clinical trials of US healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 – one of the nation’s largest prospective studies on the topic.