The effect of sugar on yeast

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I started with 3 cups of yeast: one had 0 grams of sugar, the second had 10 grams of sugar, and the last had 20 grams of sugar.

I added 250 mL of warm water to each cup and stirred, and left my camera to record them.

What's happening? As the yeast use energy, they release carbon dioxide gas. In more technical terms, they are performing cellular respiration to produce energy so they can grow, and a byproduct of cellular respiration is carbon dioxide. This is similar to how you breathe out carbon dioxide.

This means we can use carbon dioxide production as a proxy (measurement) for how much each cup of yeast is growing.

Which cup of yeast will grow the most and why?
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Interesting. Thanks for the video. I think you would be surprised how popular a video on what is the best ratio for producing co2 for generating co2 for growing plants and aquariums. A lot of unscientific videos out there.

1 different types of yeast (bakers, Wine making, champagne, spirit making yeast) as they can survive in alcohol longer as the amount they can produce over a period of time is also important.

2 best temps, I hear 30c water is good

3 ratio of water to sugar.
These are questions I would LOVE to know the answer to.

elliottdebell
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interesting, I actually searched for such experiment because I wanted to try it on my own but also using flour. I think effects could be similar? Thanks!

PinkeySuavo
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Hopefully people new to baking won't take this comparison and think they found the secret to bread making.

philip
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can i understand this?
high levels of sugar slow down the activation of yeast since sugar is hygroscopic. whatever is happening to cup 3 is confusing me? it has got the most sugar and its rising the most

mugishaanthony
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I think you need to add some flour to make the difference fair. If there are no carbs in glass no. 1 then it won’t foam. Same amount of four for each glass 😊

jorgeandrescoppiano
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How many grams of yeast added in each cup?

AlejandradelaVegaNolte
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3 cups yeast is how many grams please?

prernagupta