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Yes! Yeast is added to the bread dough to make it rise. Yeast is a type of fungi and it converts carbohydrates in the bread into simple sugars that it feeds on in a process called fermentation. By doing this the yeast produce carbon dioxide which causes the bubbles in bread and makes it rise.

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Amazing but true. These microorganisms are known as yeast.

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