Not exact matches
During
fermentation, bacteria (and
yeast) either added (yogurt and kefir) or present naturally (many vegetables and fruit) feed
on various sugars and carbohydrates in the food.
Nutritional
yeast is basically a
yeast that is grown
on sugar beets or molasses, and when the
fermentation process is done, the
yeast is removed, and dried.
Do consumers not know that some type of «sugar» is needed for the
yeast to feed
on, which causes
fermentation.
More «Burgundian» winemaking techniques (such as MLF, inclusion of grape solids, aging
on lees and natural
yeast fermentation) were trialled and adopted.
Moulds will usually only be a problem
on exposed surfaces but
yeasts bring about
fermentation in the absence of air.
Wild
fermentation occurs when the grain mixture employs bacteria already present
on the grains, or picks up wild
yeasts and bacteria from the environment.
Wild
fermentation is a type of
fermentation that occurs when the naturally occurring bacteria and / or
yeast that culture
on and inside fruits and vegetables as they are growing are allowed to flourish in the correct environment, such as beneath the surface of Bubbies cloudy brine!
So he decided to do his thesis research
on the phenomenon of «stuck»
fermentation, during which
yeast stops converting sugar to ethanol and carbon dioxide, leaving an unwanted sweetness in the wine.
Eventually, the slurry arrives at
fermentation tanks, where
yeast goes to work
on the sugars.
In one case, turning
on and off a blue light caused the special
yeast to alternate between producing ethanol, a product of normal
fermentation, and isobutanol, a chemical that normally would kill
yeast at sufficiently high concentration.
I noticed that coconut sugar tends to produce a brown glob of
yeast on top during the second
fermentation....
Alcoholic
fermentation is the conversion of sugar into carbon dioxide gas (CO2) and ethyl alcohol through the work of
yeasts found
on the food itself and within the culturing agent (kefir grains, kombucha culture, whey, ginger bug, etc.).
Yeasts and fungi rely
on fermentation by taking in sugars and then producing alcohol as a waste.
The
fermentation process is robust due to the high sugar content and causes the formation of a thick gelatinous layer
on top known as SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and
yeast).
Due to the presence of
yeast, water kefir also has a small percentage of alcohol though typical under.08 % but up to as much as 3 % depending
on fermentation time and technique used.
According to Real Food
Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food with Live Cultures in Your Home Kitchen by Alex Lewin, «Kefir grains are combinations of
yeasts and bacteria living
on a substrate made up of a variety of dairy components.»
Much more clearly documented is the fact that
fermentation of foods (for example,
fermentation of soybeans into tempeh) can increase phosphorus bioavailability from phytic acid, as can the action of
yeast on phytic acid - containing grains ground into flour and used in bread making.
Yeast is added to the wort in the
fermentation tanks which immediately begins to feast
on the sugar - rich wort, creating the by - products, CO2 and alcohol.