The growth of Baker’s yeast market is directly linked to theincreasing trend of processed and fast food consumption, especially bakeryitems. Baker’s yeast market in developing countries is touching new highs withincreasing demand for processed foods and a consistent growth in Bakery itemsproduction. Increasing number of nuclear families and working women in Indiaparticularly in urban and semi urban areas and changing food consumption habitsand pattern of people, will drive the growth of Bakery industry and in turn thegrowth of Baker’s yeast demand. Fresh yeast is extremely perishable andrequires refrigeration. It is widely used in bakery products such as breads andpastries as it has good rising qualities and provides excellent taste.
The types of yeast include baker’s, brewer’s, wine, feed,bio-ethanol yeast, and other such as nutritional yeast, lactic yeast etc. Theapplication of yeast in food industry includes bakery products, alcoholicbeverages, non-alcoholic beverages, prepared food products, and other such asdairy products, savory, etc.