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Yeast

What it is

The microbe that made bread possible. Alive, ancient, and doing actual work in the recipe.

Why your biology objects

Living fungus that ferments the dough — producing the CO₂ that raises bread and, given time, the acids and enzymes that make grain more digestible. Real biological work, not a chemical shortcut.

Would your ancestors eat this?

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