By the end of the nineteenth century, Eduard Buchner had shown that fermentation could occur in yeast extracts free of cells, making it possible to study fermentation biochemistry in vitro.

Somehow the term yeast flakes also sounds like yeast extract, which is often used as a flavour enhancer in ready-made meals.

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This is the product's overall performance score, based on taste (weighted at 90%) and nutrition (weighted at 10%).

After allowing the bacteria to grow anaerobically, several successive transfers were made into a medium containing nicotinic acid, peptone, yeast extract, metals, phosphate and sodium sulphide.

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