Mar 10
What do bread and ginger beer have in common?
respiration Tagged anaerobic respiration, bread, chemistry, ginger beer, recipes, yeast 3 Comments »They are both made with yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) - a living organism that produces ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide when allowed to grow in suitable conditions. This is an example of anaerobic respiration, or fermentation, which produces a small amount of energy (ATP) compared to aerobic respiration. An animation of the process of ATP production during fermentation is [...]
