Nutritional yeast

Nutritional yeast is a deactivated yeast by heat, which has a relatively high nutritional value and above all a high content of vitamin B (also called Edelhefeflocken ) and Others as Nährhefeflocken or sold as a powder, and is one of the typical ingredients of vegetarian and vegan cuisine.

Nutritional yeast is often used as a cheese substitute, to make a dish creamier and give it a " cheesy " taste. It is used in the vegan versions of pizzas and omelets, as well as soups, stews and casseroles, being sometimes previously processed for Hefeschmelz.

Nutritional yeast is a base ingredient for many varieties of vegetarian spreads. Of particular notoriety yeast hydrolysates are like the British Marmite and Vegemite, the Australian, Switzerland Cenovis that are used because of their high content of glutamates and inosinates as a flavor enhancer.