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Baker’s Yeast: Halal
The role of baker yeast in baking industry
is to leaven bread and related products. Baker’s Yeast is a Halal yeast.
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Brewer’s Yeast:
This type of yeast is used in fermenting sugar in malt to produce
alcohol and carbon dioxide in beer making.
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Wine Yeast:
This
yeast is used in making wine.
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Alcohol Yeast :
Yeast is used in production of alcohol.
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Torula Yeast:
Torula Yeast grows on sulfite waste and sulfite liquors. It is
also grown on sugar cane. Torula yeast now a days is not grown on sulphite
liquor containing alcohol. Based on informat from yeast manufacturer in March
2009, Torula yeast is only grown on Molasses and Corn. Now the Torula
yeast is Halal.
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Autolyzed Yeast Extracts or
Yeast Extracts:
Autolyzed yeast extracts are available as a
powder derived from Baker’s Yeast or Brewer’s Yeast. After brewing the beer,
the brewer yeast is separated from the beer and subjected to self digestion,
the hydrolysis of yeast cell protein by the proteolytic enzymes indigenous to
yeast cell.
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Brewer’s yeast extracts are used in only
cheese crackers or cheeses because of its harsh or bitter
taste.
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Baker's Yeast Extract or Baker's Yeast
Autolyzed Yeast or Extract are used to provide meaty falvor in soups, meat
products, gravies, snacks. It is used in flavors and also
vitamins.
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The Islamic Scholars have different
opinions regarding the brewer’s yeast extracts. Some considered it Halal,
some say, it is Mukrooh and some advise not to consume foods containing
brewer’s yeast extract. Our Islamic scholar considered it Halal if the alcohol
penetrated inside the yeast cell and changed to new thing. There is no
literature available to indicate that alcohol inside yeast react and changed
to a new thing. This is the reason we do not consider yeast extract from beer
making as a Halal ingredient.