Yeast
The Lesaffre Group is the largest producer of yeast in the world. It has a wide range of yeast in various forms – pressed, granulated, liquid and dried – including yeast for various types of dough. If you are interested in the Lesaffre Group’s yeast, contact the Lesaffre branch in your country.
A miracle called yeast
Mankind has used yeast since time immemorial – long before the creation of writing. The Egyptians used it to bake bread five thousand years ago. At that time, however, they did not yet understand the fermentation process. They considered this chemical reaction to be a miracle. People first prepared dishes based on grains: mash or flatbreads. These formed the basis of their everyday nutrition. They later learnt that, if they left the dough to ferment naturally because of the yeast that is present in the air, their flatbreads would gain in volume and achieve a new structure and smell. And in doing so they laid the foundations of bread baking.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The best-known yeast variety is Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Its name comes from the word for sugar (Saccharo) and the word for fungus (Myces). The cerevisiae genus means “beer” in Latin. It is this yeast that is used to bake bread. It is exceptional because of the fact that it is able to convert the natural sugars present in flour into alcohol, which then evaporates during baking, and into carbon dioxide. And it is precisely this formation of carbon dioxide that gives the bread its volume.
A leader in yeast production
The Lesaffre Group is the largest producer of yeast in the world. Our range includes not only freshly pressed yeast, but also dried and liquid yeast. We use our many years of know-how to produce special types of yeast, for example for sourdoughs and sweet doughs. We offer our customers the first-class yeast types and packaging that best meet their needs and requirements.
Lesaffre Assortment
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