INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

There's been some discussion of vitamin B12 in recent posts. A
generally accepted assumption is that nutritional yeast is a source  of
B12. A little over a year ago, someone on the Fat-Free list  mentioned
that all nutritional yeasts are not fortified with B12,  naming Red
Star T-6635+ as one source. I asked my HFS if theirs had  B12.
"Absolutely", I was told. I asked to see the label of on the 50  pound
sack they use for their bulk sales, and there was no mention of  B12 on
it. After calling Red Star, I received a data sheet for all  their
nutritional yeasts.  Of Red Star's yeasts, only T-6635+  contains a
significant amount of B12 (0.5 mcg per gram). When I  brought this to
the attention of the general manager of the HFS, he  immediately
ordered the T-6635+ for all future shipments. While I had  no immediate
concern about a B12 deficiency, I had been consuming a  nutritional
yeast which added no B12 to my system.  I noticed that the B12
fortified yeast was a much darker golden color  than the ivory color of
the the unfortified yeast, but that may vary  from lot to lot.  For
what it's worth, the information sheet says that Red Star's  primary
grown nutritional yeasts are from a pure strain of  Saccharomyces
cervisiae, grown in a mixture of cane and beet  molasses. (For those
who remember their Latin, cervisiae would  indicate a beer base.)  A
heaping tablespoon of nutritional yeast is about 8 grams. (4 mcg  B12)
This yeast is 4.7% fat, 35% carbohydrate and 52% protein, the  rest is
nitrogen and moisture. There are 2.8 calories of energy per  gram.  The
complete nutritional analysis of T-6635+, including the specific
amounts of each amino acid, is available from Universal Foods Corp.,
433 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53201.  (414) 271-1920  Source:
Original  Posted by Neal Pinckney <neal@pixi.com> to the Fatfree Digest
[Volume  15 Issue 23] Feb. 23, 1995.  Individual recipes copyrighted by
originator. FATFREE Recipe  collections copyrighted by Michelle Dick
1995. Formatted by Sue Smith,  SueSmith9@aol.com using MMCONV. Archived
through kindness of Karen  Mintzias, km@salata.com.  1.80á  File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip

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