| 1 | There"s been some discussion of vitamin b12 in recent posts. |
| 2 | A generally accepted assumption is that nutritional yeast is a source of b1A little over a year ago, someone on the fat-free list mentioned that all nutritional yeasts are not fortified with b12, naming red star t-6635+ as one source. |
| 3 | I asked my hfs if theirs had b1"absolutely", i was told. |
| 4 | I asked to see the label of on the 50 pound sack they use for their bulk sales, and there was no mention of b12 on it. |
| 5 | After calling red star, i received a data sheet for all their nutritional yeasts. |
| 6 | Of red star"s yeasts, only t-6635+ contains a significant amount of b12 (0.5 mcg per gram). |
| 7 | When i brought this to the attention of the general manager of the hfs, he immediately ordered the t-6635+ for all future shipments. |
| 8 | While i had no immediate concern about a b12 deficiency, i had been consuming a nutritional yeast which added no b12 to my system. |
| 9 | I noticed that the b12 fortified yeast was a much darker golden color than the ivory color of the the unfortified yeast, but that may vary from lot to lot. |
| 10 | For what it"s worth, the information sheet says that red star"s primary grown nutritional yeasts are from a pure strain of saccharomyces cervisiae, grown in a mixture of cane and beet molasses. |
| 11 | (for those who remember their latin, cervisiae would indicate a beer base). |
| 12 | A heaping tablespoon of nutritional yeast is about 8 grams. |
| 13 | (4 mcg b12) this yeast is 4.7% fat, 35% carbohydrate and 52% protein, the rest is nitrogen and moisture. |
| 14 | There are 2.8 calories of energy per gram. |
| 15 | The complete nutritional analysis of t-6635+, including the specific amounts of each amino acid, is available from universal foods corp., 433 east michigan street, milwaukee, wi 5320(414) 271-1920 |
