A yeast that is used in breadmaking, winemaking, and the brewing of top-fermenting beer. It is also consumed as a source of vitamin B and is used in laboratories as an important research organism.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, phylum Ascomycota
count noun a traditional brewer's yeast
as modifier brewer's yeast tablets
Example sentencesExamples
- The patties - typically made of corn syrup, soy flour, and brewer's yeast - create another problem.
- This B vitamin is found in fresh green leafy vegetables and brewer's yeast.
- We use brewer's yeast to feed fleas when we're raising them for experiments.
- Even some single-celled eukaryotes are familiar, such as brewer's yeast or athlete's foot fungus.
- Human absorption from food is estimated at about 2-3 percent and 510 percent from brewer's yeast.
- A strong infusion of the tea with brewer's yeast treats delayed menses.
- The high starch content of corn can be converted to sugar and then fermented to ethanol fuel by brewer's yeast.