Assertion: yeast | /r/ObjectUse | used in baking
Facets:
value: as a leavening agent
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Yeast, the most common one being S. cerevisiae, is used in baking as a leavening agent, where it converts the food/fermentable sugars present in dough into the gas carbon dioxide.
text: Most yeasts used in baking are of the same species common in alcoholic fermentation.
text: Yeast: Yeast is used in baking, and the produced alcohol is used in the production of alcoholic beverages (wine, rum, beer).
text: Both yeasts are used in baking but fresh yeast can also be used in making homemade beverages, like beer or Finnish mead.