Question

Yeast is used in the production of

• A. bread and beer
• B. cheese and butter
• C. citric acid and lactic acid
• D. lipase and pectinase

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

bread and beer

Answer 2

Yeast(Saccharomyces cerevisae) is usedto produce bread and beer.

Some important characteristic properties of yeast are:

• Yeast is a eukaryoticand single-celled fungus.
• The commonly used species of yeast isSaccharomyces cerevisiae ,__ also known as baker's yeast.
• The yeast is used in the production of fermented products likecakes, bread, and alcohol.
• Yeast converts the fermentable sugars present in the substrate to produce carbon dioxide and ethanol.
• The carbon dioxide gas makes the dough of bread and cake **soft and fluffy. **
• There are pores in the bread and cakes which is due to the carbon dioxide gas bubbles which get trapped during the process of baking.

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