Yeast compressed-fresh

Ordinary butter (the toast type) is another example of a liquid/semisolid, depending on temperature. Butter is really a slurry of water in fat, differing from many materials of similar stiff room temperature textures in that its production is essentially a room temperature operation. Materials of this type can be sampled with a core-type sampler in the semisolid state or by methods previously described, in the liquid state. They can also be sampled by an extmsion system, whereby the sample is chopped off from an extruded stream. It is important that temperature be controlled so that the cut surface remains level and does not start to flow. Cheese is even more solid and can be sampled by simply taking a slice. Processed cheese is usually manufactured in the liquid state, and can be sampled and analyzed as-is, or fed into a sampling cell and allowed to solidify before analysis. Crumbly materials, such as biscuit (cookie) or cake doughs, dough mixes for pasta or noodle production or compressed (fresh) yeast, can be sampled manually or by an extrusion system. This includes thick slurries, which will eventually either solidify or be compressed into solid sheets or blocks. 

FIGURE 10.2 Flowchart of the industrial production of compressed fresh and dry yeasts. 

Dry yeast can be used instead of compressed fresh yeast at a concentration of 0.8%. 

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Active dry yeasts of improved quality have been available for many years, and more recently instant active dry yeast has been introduced (15,20). This instant yeast exhibits more activity than regular active dry yeast due to improved drying techniques, and can replace compressed yeast at a rate of 33 —40%. Dried yeasts, which are stable for long periods of time at room temperature, are of interest to bakers because of the high distribution cost of fresh compressed yeast. This is especially tme for those away from distribution centers and for smaller bakers whose usage rate of yeast is low. 

One day while I was examing a suspension of yeast freshly prepared from a few bits of compressed yeast shaken vigorously with a little water in a test-tube, I failed to find the characteristic four-banded absorption spectrum, but before I had time to remove the suspension from the field of vision of the microspectroscope the four absorption bands suddenly reappeared. This experiment was repeated time after time and always with the same result the absorption bands disappeared on shaking the suspension with air and reappeared within a few seconds on standing. 

Dry yeast is prepared by taking fresh liquid yeast and mixing it with com meal, flour, or other starchy materials. This mixture is dried at carefully regulated temperatures. If the dry yeast is made properly it will keep for a long tuna However, the percentage of living cells in dry yeast slowly decreases and it must be remembered that the number at the start is less than in the case of compressed yeast. 

The most critical step for production of alcoholic spirits is fermentation. After cooling the wort to 20°C-30°C, a pure strain or a mixture of strains of distillers yeast is pitched to convert fermentable carbohydrates into ethanol, and soluble protein into fusel alcohols and a wide array of metabolites that affect the flavor, aroma, and overall acceptability of the finished distilled product. Most fermentations are carried out with Saccharomyces cereviceae pitched at a rate of approximately 0.5 kg of fresh compressed yeast/hL. Most processes are batch, although there are some modern... 

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