Question

Give one word for the following:

Microorganism used for manufacturing beer, wine and alcohol.

Answer 1

Yeast

1. Yeast and mushrooms are the fungi, widely used in food industry.
2. In addition, yeasts are also used in beverage industries for making beer, alcohol, wine, vinegar and other organic acids.
3. In distilleries for fermentation of fruit juices (grapes), malt grains (barley) and molasses (sheera) to make alcoholic beverages yeast is widely used.
4. In baking industry, yeast is used as baking powder for making bread, pastry and cake spongy and soft.
5. Yeast is also used to raise dough for idli, dosa, bhatura, and dhokla.
6. In making Vinegar, yeast cells are used to break down sugar of fruit juice (grape juice) and convert it into alcohol.
7. Alcohol is converted into vinegar by the action of acetic acid bacteria.