Translation guide
The microorganism used in baking and brewing, and the ingredient sold as a leavening agent.
The leavening agent used to make bread and other baked goods rise.
The most common word for baking yeast, a loanword from English. Used in recipes and everyday conversation.
You need yeast to make bread.
A more scientific or formal term for yeast. Can be used for baking yeast but sounds slightly technical.
Specifically dry yeast, often used in recipes to distinguish from fresh yeast.
The microorganism that causes fermentation in alcoholic beverages or fermented foods.
Deactivated yeast used as a food supplement, often with a cheesy flavor.
The direct translation, commonly used in health food contexts.
Nutritional yeast is rich in B vitamins.
イースト is the everyday word for baking yeast and is widely understood. 酵母 is more formal and used in scientific, brewing, and technical contexts. In a recipe, イースト is natural; in a biology textbook, 酵母 is expected.
Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water.
Yeast is a single-celled fungus.
I baked bread with natural yeast.
Dry yeast keeps well.
このワインは野生イーストを使っています。
This wine uses wild yeast.