Beta-amylase will also start digesting amylopectin from one end of the molecule but it cannot break the branches so digestion stops whenever it comes to a branch. Therefore, beta-amylase digestion of starch results in a mixture of maltose and larger dextrins. Yeast produces the enzyme maltase to break maltose into glucose molecules that it can ferment.
Once the starch has been broken down into these simple sugars, other enzymes in yeast act upon simple sugars to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide in the bread making step called fermentation.
The yeast enzyme, zymase, then ferments these sugars. Diagrams Starch belongs to a group of chemical compounds called carbohydrates. They are called this because they contain only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. If you look at flour under a microscope you can see lots of brick like structures called cells.
In each cell you will see a granule of starch surrounded by glassy looking protein. Different types of starch have different structures. Starch is called a complex carbohydrate because it is made up of many sugar molecules linked together. It has two main parts: amylose and amylopectin. Amylose is a straight or linear chain of sugar molecules linked together. Amylopectin is a branched chain of sugars. It is found in the endosperm which is the part of the grain that white flour is milled from.
Starch and the products derived from it are used in the food, brewing, pharmaceutical, paper, textile and adhesive industries. In the food industry starch is used as a thickener, filler, binder and stabiliser in products such as soups, custard powders, pie fillings, sausages and processed meats, ice cream, sauces and gravies, baby foods, bakery products and baking powder.
The pharmaceutical industry use it in the manufacture of pills. It is used as a filler because it is bland and odourless. The textile industry uses starch for coating the fibre before weaving, and the dye pastes used for printing have starch in them. In the paper industry a starch solution is applied to surfaces of paper to increase the strength of the paper and give it a better finish. Starch also makes a very good adhesive or glue and is used to make cardboard cartons, boxes and containers.
The gum used on the back of stamps and on envelope flaps is also made from starch. Eventually they burst and the inner part of the granule spills out to form a thick gel. This is what occurs when you make a gravy or sauce.
This process is called gelatinisation. This forms a network of bloated starch granules all touching at the edges. Starch also interacts with gluten during baking. The gluten breaks down and gives up water which is quickly taken up by the starch. This scanning electron microscopic view of dough rising shows gluten strands forming two ways, diagonally down and across the photograph.
Starch and yeast granules can be seen randomly amongst the gluten. The smallest granules are yeast. As explained, alpha- and beta-amylase work together to build starch into sugar. It is this sugar that feeds the yeast in fermentation. The yeast produces carbon dioxide which helps the bread dough rise and gives bread its finished texture.
Starch is important for holding water in baked products like cakes. For certain cakes, cake flour treated with chlorine is used. A soft, low protein wheat flour is usually preferred as less starch damage occurs, which gives better volume and a softer crumb. Biscuits are high in sugar and fat and low in moisture water.
These factors inhibit starch gelatinisation which therefore does little to contribute to the structure of a finished biscuit. Handy Hint: To freshen slightly stale bread simply reheat it for a short time in the oven. If the bread is very stale you could try pouring milk over it first. Yeast has been used by man to make bread and alcohol for thousands of years.
Evidence of this has been found in ancient Babylonian wall carvings and Egyptian hieroglyphics dating back to B. They probably stumbled across leavened bread when a piece of old over-fermented dough full of yeast cells was mixed in with fresh dough and the resulting bread was more palatable than the unleavened bread they had been used to.
The temperature of the dough. The length of rising time. The slower the rise, the less yeast you need.
You can control rising times to fit your schedule by varying the amount of yeast and the temperature of the rise. The lower temperature and longer rising time will allow the yeast to multiply more gradually and create a more complex flavor. This was a very interesting article but I wonder about when the yeast was dead before use, would the bread still be safe to consume or could the bacteria become dangerous to your health?
Just like when the alcohol builds up and poison the yeast? If so how would you know when the product is not safe to consume? Already a subscriber? Log in. Get the print magazine, 25 years of back issues online, over 7, recipes, and more.
Start your FREE trial. Fine Cooking. Sign Up Login. Save to Recipe Box. Add Private Note. Saved Add to List Add to List. Add Recipe Note. Most Popular. Classic Tomato Soup Recipe. Potato Gnocchi Recipe. Osso Buco Recipe. From there, the yeast starts to grow and fill that flask full of yeast cells. When growing yeast this way it is important for the yeast to have enough oxygen.
Fermentation will result in the formation of alcohol, which is not good for further growth of the yeast. Once that first flask contains enough yeast, the yeast is transferred to a larger flask. It is fed again and left to grow. From here on, the yeast is moved into ever larger containers to grow in.
The final tank can contain thousands of liter of liquid full of yeast. Only a few percent of the total weight is made up of yeast. That is because it is really challenging for the manufacturer to create the ideal growing conditions for a tine amount of yeast in a huge tank. By scaling it up step wise, the control and efficiency of the process is far greater.
Unfortunately, under those conditions there are a lot of micro organisms that love to grow as well. It is why the food for the yeast, the molasses, is sterilized before being used. Apart from that, overall hygiene is essential during the entire process. Some bakeries get their yeast from these large tanks. But others make their own by maintaining a sourdough starter.
It is great for making bread. Instead of growing your container though, you continuously throw out part of the starter. In that last final tank the yeast is thriving.
It is very active and growing happily. It would be ready to use for making bread or an other leavened product. However, once the food in the tank runs out, the activity of the yeast can slow down quickly.
At some point, the yeasts will die down. In order to keep those yeasts active, manufacturers dry the yeast. You can either dry them off completely, which will make them shelf stable for months or years. Centrifuges use a difference in density to separate the yeast cells from part of the liquid.
It is a similar system to what is used for separating cream from milk. This is cream yeast. Instead, it is directly transported to bakeries.
Next, the yeast is concentrated even further. Manufacturers can using vacuum drying equipment for this for instance. By pressing this together into blocks, it makes what you would consider fresh yeast. Fresh yeast is sold at bakeries and some supermarkets. It is less active than cream yeast, but it still has to be stored in the fridge to keep it alive for long enough.
Depending on the yeast type the total shelf life is only about 4 weeks. Since that is generally still not dry enough, the yeast is next dried even further.
A way to do this is using granulator and air drier. This yeast is still very active and stored in the freezer to ensure it stays active for sufficiently long. Drying the yeast even further gives dried yeast. What are the different kinds of commercial yeast used for baking? Can I use this old dry yeast I found in the back of my cupboard?
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