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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates

Archive for September 30, 2018

Food Science – Fermentation

September30

Introduction Why would I want to eat a soured dough bread? Simple…they are delicious. Sourdough breads are made by the fermentation of dough using naturally occurring lactobacilli and yeast. Sourdough breads have a mildly sour taste not present in most traditional breads made with baker’s yeast. Sourdough Breads have better inherent long term keeping qualities than other breads because of the lactic acid produced by the lactobacilli. Yeast uses sugar as energy […]


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