1st Edition

Use of Yeast Biomass in Food Production

By Anna Halasz, Radomir Lasztity Copyright 1991
    322 Pages
    by CRC Press

    352 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Yeast biomass is an excellent source of proteins, nucleic acids, and vitamins. It has been produced and consumed in baked goods and other foods for thousands of years and offers significant advantages when compared to other potential new microbial protein sources. Use of Yeast Biomass in Food Production provides up-to-date information regarding the chemical composition and biochemistry of yeasts, discusses the biotechnological basis of yeast production and possibilities for influencing yeast biomass composition using new techniques in molecular biology. The book examines techniques for producing yeast protein concentrates (and isolates) while still retaining their functional properties and nutritive values, as well as the various uses for these materials and their derivatives in different branches of the food industry. Finally, the book explores possibilities for the production and industrial use of other yeast components, such as nucleic acids, nucleotides, cell wall polysaccharides, autolysates, and extracts. Food microbiologists and technologists, as well as biotechnologists, will discover that this book is an invaluable reference resource.

    Part I 1. Introdution 2. The Yeast 3. Chemical Composition and Biochemistry of Yeast Biomass 4. Yeast Production 5. Extraction of Yeast Proteins, Yeast Proteinconcentrates and Isolates Part II 6. Introdution 7. Food Uses of Whole Yeast Cells 8. Use of Yeast Protein Preparations in Food Industry 9. Use of Yeast Autolysates and Yeast Hydrouysates

    Biography

    Anna Halasz, Radomir Lasztity