Swedish fresh yeast that provides optimal leavening power in doughs for table bread.
KronJäst is a Swedish brand that has been providing yeast for dough to home bakers, bakeries, and pastry shops for more than 125 years. Yeast is the “heart of the dough” and plays a vital role in making the bread light and airy while also adding flavor and aroma.
Yeast breaks down starch and sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol (ethanol). The carbon dioxide forms small gas bubbles, causing the dough to rise and become light and airy. The small amount of alcohol produced by the yeast is dispersed and retained in the dough during fermentation and evaporates during baking.
One package of KronJäst, fresh (50 g), contains 500 billion yeast cells. If you lined them up end to end, they would stretch 750 km. A yeast cube also contains water, which evaporates slightly during storage.
Yeast cells consist of water, protein, carbohydrates, fat, minerals, and B vitamins, and are completely gluten-free. Most of the protein consists of enzymes, which are essential for bread fermentation. The yeast cells in KronJäst are of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain.
