Talk:Nutritional yeast

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Beer and wine aren't made with 1,000s of species of yeast--they're made with 100s, maybe thousands, of strains. Big difference. Beer is made with either Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Saccharomyces carlsbergensis (which has another name); the first is ale yeast, the second is lager yeast. Different strains produce greatly varying flavours, but they're just two species.

• Thanks. 1000's seemed kind of high to me too. In the "yeast" article only one species was mentioned.