Culinary & Baking Math

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Fresh to Dry Yeast

Converts fresh (cake) yeast to active dry yeast by weight.

Formula

m_{dry} = \frac{m_{fresh}}{3}

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m_{dry}Dry yeast weight

m_{fresh}Fresh yeast weight

Example

30 g fresh: m_dry = 10 g

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Instant yeast is even more concentrated, needing only about a quarter of the fresh amount.

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