Functional snacking: Morinaga Milk Industry banks on confectionery and snacks as promising formats for paraprobiotic strain 20-Apr-2021 By Guan Yu Lim Japan’s Morinaga Milk Industry is banking on the confectionery and snacks as emerging formats for its paraprobiotic LAC-Shield (heat-killed Lacticaseibacillus paracasei MCC1849) application.