Let’s be honest. Nutritional yeast doesn’t sound like a mouth-watering moreish ingredient does it? Instead, it sounds like the yeast belongs in stodgy foods as a thickening or raising agent. The truth is once you’ve discovered its health benefits and unexpected delicious and sometimes cheesy taste, you’ll understand why this fish-food looking ingredient is making itself into so many vegan recipes.
It is made from a single-celled organism, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, which is grown on molasses and then harvested, washed, and dried with heat to kill or deactivate the yeast so it doesn’t act as a raising agent like traditional yeast. (FYI: Don’t even bother adding to bread, you’ll only make a mushy mess). Instead, nutritional yeast is used to enhance the flavours within a dish.