Dried Activated Yeast

The submitters used yeast purchased from the Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd., whereas the checkers used Fleischman s Dry Active Yeast. 

Most canned sweet fruit juices can be used directly to convert the glucose (sugar) to ethanol with httle preparation. Select a bottle or can of fruit juice and pour 200 mL into a 250 mL Erlenmeyer and add 3 g of dry active yeast. Seal the opening with a one hole rubber stopper into which a glass tube is inserted and attached to a rabber hose that is immersed in a flask containing a solution of calcium hydroxide to exclude oxygen and to absorb the CO2 emitted. 

Inoculation of the juice is strongly recommended. The chosen yeast strain should be highly ethanol tolerant and should produce little volatile acidity in difficult fermentation conditions. The dry yeasts should not be introduced directly into the juice to start the fermentation for this type of winemaking. A yeast starter should be prepared in diluted must, supplemented with NH4+ and yeast hulls, then seeded with dried active yeast at a dose of 2.5 g/hl of the total volume to be inoculated. The starter is added to the must on the second day of fermentation, at a rate of 2% of the total volume. This increases the maximum yeast population, which controls fermentation rate and volatile acidity production (Section 2.3.4). In one experiment, adding yeast in this way reduced the final volatile acidity content by 20%. 

Fermentation Conditions All juices had additions prior to fermentation in order to eliminate deficiencies from being a factor in hydrogen sulfide formation. These included 120 mg N/L in the form of diammonium phosphate (DAP), 50 mg/L S02, 75 ug/L pantothenate, 2 ug/L biotin and 75 ug/L thiamin. All fermentations were inoculated widi 240 mg/L of active dry wine yeast (Fermivin), that had been reactivated in 35°C water. All fermentations were conducted in duplicate at 25°C, in temperature controlled, constantly stirred (100 rpm), fermentors (Applikon) using 500 mL of white juice or 300 mL juice of red juice plus the corresponding amount of skins and seeds. 

Davenport, M. The effects of vitamins and growth factors on growth and fermentation rate of three active dry wine yeast strains. M.S. Thesis, 1985, University of California, Davis, CA. 

Another use of cell disruption as a step in the analytical process is for obtaining a suspension of single cells — that can be used under optimal fermentation conditions — by ultrasonic disruption of cells manufactured in active dry wine yeast. Their potential was confirmed by comparing the elution profiles of non-sonicated and sonicated yeast sample dispersions obtained using two different field flow fractionation techniques [88]. 

Pure culture yeasts are available on slants or in lyophilized form. They may be propagated in wineries without complete asepsis (26,27), since the low pH of grape must inhibits many bacteria wine fermentations are mixed cultures naturally. Production of active dry wine yeasts (WADY) began in the 1960s. These are produced by bakers yeast companies and are grown by methods resembling those used for bakers yeast production, described eadier. 

Reed, G. and Chen, S.L. 1978. Evaluating commercial active dry wine yeasts by fermentation activity. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 29, 165-168. 

Miteva, E., Kirova, E., Gadjeva, D., and Radeva, M. (1986). Sensory aroma and taste profiles of raw-dried sausages manufactured with a lipolytically active yeast culture. Nahrung 30, 829. 

All the processing steps that are done after the yeast cream is generated serve only one purpose water removal. The water removal steps are neeessary to stabilize the active yeast cells. Additional processing steps are costly, but the yeast cream has a short shelf life compared to the dried product. 

Sanz, R, Puignou, L. Reschiglian, P. Galceran, M.T. Gravitational field-flow fractionation for the characterisation of active dry wine yeast. J. Chromatogr. A, 2001, 919 (2), 339-347. 

Monk, P.R. 1986. Rehydration and propagation of active dry wine yeast. Austr. Wine Ind.J. l(l) 3-5. 

Setting Up Dissolve 40 g of sucrose and 0.25 g of disodium hydrogen phosphate, which buffers the mixture to maintain an optimal pH. in 75 mL of warm (40 °C) tap water contained in an Erlenmeyer flask. Add a stirbar and one packet (8 g) of dry. active baker s yeast, and assemble the apparatus for anaerobic fermentation shown in Figure 17.15. The 3% barium hydroxide solution should be protected from atmospheric carbon dioxide by a layer of mineral oil. A precipitate of barium carbonate will form as carbon dioxide is produced during the course of the fermentation. Stir the mixture vigorously tor about 1 h in a warm location to suspend all of the yeast and to initiate the fermentation. 

Foy, J.J. 1994a. Use and manufacturing of active dry wine yeast cultures. In Proceedings of the New York Wine Industry Workshop. T. Henick-Kling (Ed.), pp. 21—28. 

This is not really a beer but an old time soft drink like root beer. Various recipes exist for making ginger beer, but in general it is made with water, dried gingerroot, sugar, lemon juice, and active yeast. Brief fermentation by the yeast serves to carbonate the drink—to make it fizzy. 

If the fermentation does not restart on its own, an inoculation with active yeast is required. At present, commercial dry yeasts are inactive in media containing more that 8-9% vol. of alcohol, due to manufacturing conditions. In the future, industrially prepared yeast capable of developing in a medium containing alcohol would be desirable. Bacteria with this property have now been developed for malolactic fermentation. 

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Active Dry Yeast (ADY). The production of active dry yeast is very similar to the production of compressed yeast. However, a different strain of yeast is used and the nitrogen content is reduced to 7% of soHds compared with 8—9% for compressed yeast. The press cake made with the active dry yeast strain is extmded through a perforated plate in the form of thin strands with a diameter of 2—3 mm and a length of 3—10 mm. The strands are dried on endless belts of steel mesh in drying chambers (a continuous process) or in roto-louvre dryers (a batch process), with the temperature kept below 40°C. Drying time in drying chambers is 3—4 h and in roto-louvre dryers is 6 h or more. The final moisture level attained is 7.5—8%. 

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