Question

What will happen when yeast is added to malasses?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Being composed of simple sugars (sucrose (29% of total carbohydrates), glucose (12%) and fructose (13%) (data from USDA nutrition table)) molasses is considered quite yummy by yeasts. Although yeasts can directly feed on glucose and fructose, they need to break the sucrose down into the simpler glucose and fructose using an enzyme. Thus, fermentation of molasses will be slower than other sugar-rich mediums since the yeast needs this extra step to take advantage of the majority of the sugars in the molasses.

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