a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
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any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
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Yeast \Yeast\, n. [OE. [yogh]eest, [yogh]est, AS. gist; akin to D. gest, gist, G. gischt, g["a]scht, OHG. jesan, jerian, to ferment, G. gischen, g["a]schen, g["a]hren, Gr. ? boiled, zei^n to boil, Skr. yas. [root]111.] 1. The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.
2. Spume, or foam, of water.
They melt thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. --Byron.
{Yeast cake}, a mealy cake impregnated with the live germs of the yeast plant, and used as a conveniently transportable substitute for yeast.
{Yeast plant} (Bot.), the vegetable organism, or fungus, of which beer yeast consists. The yeast plant is composed of simple cells, or granules, about one three-thousandth of an inch in diameter, often united into filaments which reproduce by budding, and under certain circumstances by the formation of spores. The name is extended to other ferments of the same genus. See {Saccharomyces}.
{Yeast powder}, a baling powder, -- used instead of yeast in leavening bread.
'You're not tasting genetically-altered beer, you're tasting beer produced by genetically-altered yeast,' he adds. The brewers altered a gene in order to produce a low-carbohydrate beer, with fewer calories than traditional brews.
Flour made from tiny, nutty buckwheat seeds and raised with yeast produces blinis which, when teamed with the roe of that fish and tots of vodka, make a memorable feast.
The beer contains yeast and should be poured with care. GILES MACDONOGH Owners of the Stratford label blend California wine have been able to offer better value West Coast wine than most.
According to Eureka, those particles include yeast, fungi, tobacco smoke, "mites and their feces."
The beer will be made with yeast genetically altered by BioTechnica International Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., to reduce fattening starches.
Starting in the fall, the company is providing teaching manuals, videotapes and other educational materials about yeast infections, feminine hygiene and sexually transmitted diseases to some 10,000 high schools.
Substances tested included chocolate, milk, yeast, and chicken.
To prove their findings, the scientists inserted the gene for ACC synthase into a bacterium and a yeast and found that the two micro-organisms produced ethylene, which they normally don't produce.
As the yeast grows and divides, it produces clones of the human DNA, known as yeast artificial chromosomes.
As the yeast grows and divides, it produces clones of the human DNA, known as yeast artificial chromosomes.
They cut the human DNA into large pieces and transfer them into yeast cells.
It works well against Candida, the yeast which is the single most prevalent fungal pathogen in human beings, but it is much less effective against Aspergillus, the second most common one.
These sugars then interact with yeast, leaving a final product that has less residual sugars.
Similarly, although she would always choose fresh yeast, she acknowledges that others may find dried yeast granules or easy-blend varieties more convenient.
Similarly, although she would always choose fresh yeast, she acknowledges that others may find dried yeast granules or easy-blend varieties more convenient.
Stir in the yeast and process briefly to mix.
Once my favorite stocks Were those that rose like yeast, But these days I look kindly On those that drop the least.
It's the starch in the dough that feeds upon the yeast, belching forth gas that pushes up the gluten." Child nurtures you through bread-baking, explaining how yeast works, what flour to buy, what kneading is all about.
It's the starch in the dough that feeds upon the yeast, belching forth gas that pushes up the gluten." Child nurtures you through bread-baking, explaining how yeast works, what flour to buy, what kneading is all about.
All beer is cold-filtered, but beer that advertises the "cold filtered process" undergoes a second, highly pressurized cold-filtering to remove yeast cells.
"There were so many things obviously wrong (with the wine-making process), it was like trying to make bread without yeast," he says.
Its share of the German baking yeast market would be around 30 per cent. Burns Philp already owns Mauri Products, a yeast manufacturer in the UK and has been aggressively building up overseas food ingredient interests recently.
Its share of the German baking yeast market would be around 30 per cent. Burns Philp already owns Mauri Products, a yeast manufacturer in the UK and has been aggressively building up overseas food ingredient interests recently.
Universal is a maker of food colors and flavors, yeast products, frozen potatoes and Italian-style cheeses.
More than 50% of women polled by J&J who recently had yeast infections, including women who have never been treated with the drug, said they were familiar with the brand.
Next comes a five-to-seven day fermentation process, when yeast is added to convert sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide.
It's a big difference." For Island Lager, it meant returning to fresh yeast and a natural-carbonation process.
The fact that it contains no monosodium glutamate, no E320 (butylated hydoxyanisole) and no yeast extract will please those with special dietary problems. There are seven stocks other than chicken in the Just Bouillon range.
The foods most commonly linked to Meniere's disease were wheat, eggs, milk, corn, yeast and soybeans.