Bakers Yeast (500g)

Baker’s yeast is the general name for the strain of yeast used as a leavening agent in baking bread and other bakery products. Made from a selected strain of yeast, saccharomyces cerevisiae, The Healthy Baker’s Instant Baking Yeast is designed to use alongside all types of bread flour.

Recipe Directions:

Mix The Healthy Bakers Instant Yeast directly into your flour adding your other ingredients and water.

To be store unopened below 25’C

Opened packets will remain usable for a few days if refrigerated.

History:

The first recorded use of saccharomyces cerevisiae was around 3,000 years ago by the Ancient Egyptians. Thousands of years later and based on the European and Mediterranean diets, yeast-leavened bread formed.

Some Interesting Facts about Yeast:

There are over 500 species of yeast known today.

Yeast is responsible for the flavour and aromatic compounds in beer.