Study of the Effect of a Fermented Dairy Product on Gastrointestinal Well Being in Adult Women

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female free-living subject aged from 18 to 60 years.
• Subject with a body mass index between 18 and 30.
• Subject with minor digestive symptoms as defined by screening questionnaire of frequency of digestive symptoms.
• Subject with normal stool frequency

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject with a diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or other functional bowel disease (constipation, diarrhoea…)
• Subject with known organic disease, including an inflammatory bowel disease, a benign or malign tumour of intestine or colon and significant systemic disease
• Subject under prescription for medication for digestive symptoms such as anti-spasmodic, laxatives and anti-diarrheic drugs
• Subject having taken antibiotics in the last 4 weeks
• Pregnant subject or subject planning to become pregnant during the study; breast-feeding subject.
• Subject with known lactose intolerance or immunodeficiency
• Subject with known allergy to product component (milk protein for example)