Processing for nutritional yeast?!
I am slowly making the change from vegetarian to vegan!. I'm also trying to eat foods that have few ingredients, and not a lot of chemicals in them!.I'm trying to do as little processed foods as possible!. I know nutritional yeast is great for B12 and all kinds of good stuff, but what's in in really!? The ingredients list the vitamins and that kind of thing, but there are no real foods listed!. How is nutritional yeast made, and can I continue to use it while trying to avoid processed foods!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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It's basically inactive yeast!. Yeast is fungus, so that's why you don't see any actual ingredients!.!.!.it's just yeast!. It does go through some processing to be "de-activated" & put into flake/powder form, but it's not a heavily processed food such as packaged veggie burgers or something like that!. It's very good for you, and I don't think it's something that you really need to avoid!. It's delicious too!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
From wikipedia comes this explanation:
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Nutritional!.!.!.
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It is a deactivated yeast, usually Saccharomyces cerevisiae!. It is produced by culturing the yeast with a mixture of sugarcane and beet molasses, then harvesting, washing, drying and packaging the yeast!. It is commercially available in the form of flakes, or as a yellow powder similar in texture to cornmeal, and can be found in the bulk aisle of most natural food stores!.
It is a source of protein and vitamins, especially the B-complex vitamins!. It is also naturally low in fat and sodium!. Some brands of nutritional yeast, though not all, are fortified with vitamin B12!. The vitamin B12 is produced separately from bacteria and then added to the yeast!.
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I love it on popcorn and it's great for adding to dishes to give a cheesy taste -- it's used to make a vegan mac & cheese for instance but many others!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Nutritional!.!.!.
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It is a deactivated yeast, usually Saccharomyces cerevisiae!. It is produced by culturing the yeast with a mixture of sugarcane and beet molasses, then harvesting, washing, drying and packaging the yeast!. It is commercially available in the form of flakes, or as a yellow powder similar in texture to cornmeal, and can be found in the bulk aisle of most natural food stores!.
It is a source of protein and vitamins, especially the B-complex vitamins!. It is also naturally low in fat and sodium!. Some brands of nutritional yeast, though not all, are fortified with vitamin B12!. The vitamin B12 is produced separately from bacteria and then added to the yeast!.
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I love it on popcorn and it's great for adding to dishes to give a cheesy taste -- it's used to make a vegan mac & cheese for instance but many others!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
If you ask the company that produces it or check their website, you will find that the exact process of removing and drying the yeast from the substrate that it is grown on is a trade secret!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
nutritional yeast, also called brewers yeast, is the byproduct of making alcoholic drinks like wine!. They are a microorganism classified as fungi, so they are not a processed food!. Www@FoodAQ@Com