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In an effort to save money in this economy, I have renewed my interest in bread baking. I also have some health issues, so I do my best to eat organic foods. I started looking for organic baking yeast and have had no luck finding it in grocery stores, even Whole Foods. So I went online and more or less fell into what I call a "black hole" -- where there is so much information that I could go on for days without any definitive answers.
I did find the following:
What happens in a yeast factory?In order to find even cheaper ways of producing yeast and to satisfy the demands of the modern baking industry, extensive programmes for strain development of S.cerevisiae (Baker's yeast)are taking place using genetic manipulation and some strains have even been patented. These programmes involve gene-altering techniques such as mutagenesis, hybridization, protoplast fusion, transformation and DNA technology. Starting from a pure culture of selected strains it only takes about 6-8 days to produce thousands of kilos of baker's yeast. The growing yeast requires a source of sugars, alcohol and organic acids. Nitrogen is also essential for yeast growth. Cane and beet molasses were initially found to be the cheapest growing medium; whey (from milk) and corn syrup are even cheaper. S. cerevisiae (Baker's yeast) does not have the necessary enzymes to utilise the lactose in whey, so a new strain has been developed through genetic engineering! Sources of nitrogen used to be based on ammonia, but it is now possible to use urea.
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Does this sound like something you want to put into your body? I've tried to research the difference between organic baking yeast vs. non-organic baking yeast, with little success.
Can anyone help?
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo its absolutely not. It is because of yeast that the bread is possible. During the process of fermentation in yeast it liberates carbon dioxide and the bread dough rises op and bread is made.
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∙ 9y agoBaking yeast is harmful to humans. Baking yeast overwhelms the good bacteria in the digestive tract of human beings, and compromises the immune system.
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∙ 9y agoI would not think so, since it has been used for thousands of years without any record of making anyone sick.
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It is also killed off by the baking.
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∙ 9y agono
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