Cookbook talk:Yeast

Brewer's yeasts
Currently, article text says, "Brewer's yeasts are special non-leavening yeasts used in beer making. Because it's a rich source of B vitamins, brewer's yeast is also used as a food supplement. It's available in health-food stores. Brewer's yeasts are also marketed in speciality beer making equipment shops, with different strains used for different beers."

This needs to be corrected somehow, it is approximately correct and also incorrect. Brewer's yeasts that are available in beer-making or homebrew shops will leaven bread, but they may give a different flavor to bread, and they may not have the high CO2 output that baker's yeast has. Dry forms of Brewer's yeast that are sold in health-food shops for nutritional purposes will not leaven bread. Historically, bread was leavened with brewer's yeast, before the discovery and mass manufacture of baker's yeast. Gzuufy (discuss • contribs) 20:21, 7 November 2014 (UTC)