Give Three Uses of Yeast?
NCERT Class 8 Science Note
BY Team Aakash Byju's
Yeast
Yeast is a unicellular, eukaryotic microorganism that belongs to the kingdom fungi.
Types of Yeast: There are many species of yeasts. About 1,500 species have been discovered until now.
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The most common Yeast is known as
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Uses of Yeast
Yeast is used in bread production.
It is used in making chocolates.
Yeast is used in producing alcoholic beverages like wine, beer and distilled spirits by fermentation.
It is used in the production of ethanol which is used as biofuel.
Yeast is used as food and nutritional supplements.
It is used in scientific research.