With more interest in home-baked bread than ever before. And that means a lot of people are making friends with yeast for the first time. I am a professor of hospitality management and a former chef, ...

What does Big Bend taste like? That’s one of the questions Rob Green and his wife and business partner, Mara Young, are answering at San Antonio’s Community Cultures Yeast Lab. There, they test and ...

As previously mentioned, yeast is not an animal or an animal byproduct. Moreover, although yeast is a living thing, it has no nervous system and thus, can feel no pain. What does that mean? Basically, ...

One of the four main components of beer, yeast is often overlooked in favor of malt and hops. Here's what you should know. For more than 20 years John Holl has been covering the beer industry as a ...

The results suggest that internal -- not external -- factors are the primary drivers of variation in the types of carbon yeasts can eat, and the researchers found no evidence that metabolic ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you've ever worked with yeast, you know it's a magical ingredient. You add this leavener to a recipe ...

DEAR DR. BLONZ: A nutritionist pointed me to your column, and I wouldn't miss it. Rather than prescribe a statin, my doctor suggested Red Star yeast extract to lower my cholesterol. I'm happy about ...

Have you ever heard of nutritional yeast or, as it's affectionately known by the people who love it, "nooch"? This powerhouse ingredient, derived from a yeast species called Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University (THE CONVERSATION) With more interest in ...