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LEVURE LACTIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 1981-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
CONT

The first investigations into whey fermentation were carried out during the last war [In the fifties, workers in America] found that the most suitable organism was Saccharomyces fragilis (later renamed Kluyveromyces fragilis), a relative of the well-known baker's and brewer's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The main difference between these two yeasts is that the former ferments lactose, whilst the latter does not.

CONT

Composition of Bel Lactic Yeast. [The] yeasts produced by Bel from whey are all strains of K. fragilis (...) Both human and animal grade yeasts are produced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
CONT

L'emploi de ferments lactiques, pratiquement inconnu chez nous, est assez généralisé en U.R.S.S. en boulangerie. En France, il est limité et encore très petitement, à la pharmacie, qui utilise thérapeutiquement des levures ou ferments lactiques.

Spanish

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