Question

Name one commercial use of yeast.

Answer 1

Yeast:

1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) is a single-celled organism that requires food, temperature, and moisture to grow.
2. It converts its food, sugar, and starch, into carbon dioxide and alcohol through fermentation.
3. Baked goods rise because of carbon dioxide, which lifts and aerates the dough.
4. Yeast is used commercially in the baking of bread as well as the production of alcohol.