JY Food

Cacao & cocoa This blog post is all about cacao and cocoa. Process This list shows you how raw cacao beans is processed into the final cacao powder. Cacao beans: Cacao beans is the raw fermented seed of cacao fruits. Cacao nibs: Cacao beans is dehulled and chopped into cacao nibs. Cacao liquor / chocolate bar: Cacao nibs is grinded into chocolate bar. Cacao butter: Cacao liquor is then pressed into cacao butter and cacao cake. Cacao powder: Cacao cake is then grounded into cacao powder. Videos This video shows how cacao powder is made. Discussion Feel free to leave a comment below, share with us your opinion and experience, or ask a question if you have any doubt regarding cacao and cocoa. Thanks for reading.

Yeast extract This blog post is all about yeast extract. Yeast extract is derived naturally from yeast, through fermentation, cell wall separation in centrifugation, concentrated and dehydrated to produce dried yeast extract powder. Yeast extract is a seasoning used in many dishes and has a tasty umami taste. Lots of processed products contain yeast extract in the ingredient labeling. Videos This video explains what yeast extract is and how yeast extract is made and produced. Discussion Feel free to leave a comment below, share with us your opinion and experience, or ask a question if you have any doubt regarding yeast extract. Thanks for reading.

List of sugar, sugary food, honey, syrup, fruits & juices for kombucha (SCOBY) & water kefir grain fermentation Kombucha (SCOBY) and water kefir grains need sugar (glucose and fructose). The yeast will break down sugar (sucrose) into smaller components glucose and fructose though the secretion of invertase enzyme. Glucose will then be broken down into pyruvate, then acetaldehyde, and then ethanol (alcohol) while releasing carbon dioxide (CO2, which makes the drink fizzy & bubbly). Then the bacteria in the scoby will convert the ethanol (alcohol) into acetic acid (which gives sour and vinegar taste). List of food for kombucha & water kefir grain fermentation Granulated sugar Sugar This is the cheapest conventional sugar. Cane sugar Kombucha (Thrown) Starts with brix 7.4 (Wed 27 Jan): Scoby + organic cane sugar + bit green tea + whole bottle of Evian + filtered water + remaining solution (5/5 maple syrup kombucha) 5 days (Mon 1 Feb): Brix 7.2 9 days (Fri 5 Feb): Brix 6.9