Nutritional Yeast: A Quick Rundown

It seems like all new vegans find out about nutritional yeast within a month of going vegan. Rather than finding out about it myself, my vegetarian mother actually introduced me to the stuff. For anyone still in the blue, I will run through its basics.

• Nutritional yeast is mainly branded as a cheese substitute for vegans. When baked it sort of looks like cheese, and tastes a little like what cheese tastes like.
• Most nutritional yeasts are loaded down with vitamins, including B12. It is always good to get extra B12 in the diet, but you should still supplement the vitamin.
• Nutritional yeast is sold in a flaky or a powdery form, most prefer the flakes. 

That is really all there is to this vegan centered product. I see plenty of debate online as to whether nutritional yeast is the greatest thing to grace vegan kitchens, or if it is only meh.

My own personal favorite use of nutritional yeast is to add a couple of hearty sprinkles to a dish of baked or mashed potatoes. The nutritional yeast will thicken the potato dish up a good deal and make everything taste a little creamier.

Other great dishes to sprinkle nutritional yeast over include:

• Kale Chips
• Vegan Pizza
• Popcorn

You can find nutritional yeast sold at health food stores in either the bulk bin or in individual packages. Keep in mind though, nutritional yeast is pricy, even when buying in bulk. At the local organic co-cop in my town, nutritional yeast runs at $7.99 a lb.

Amazon.com also has a great selection of vendors for nutritional yeast. Prices here are competitive
with what you could find locally. Keep in mind too, a little goes a long way with nutritional yeast.

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