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Fast Action Bread Yeast is a very fine grain of yeast, almost a powder.

It consists of very finely powdered dried yeast and flour improvers such as Ascorbic Acid (aka Vitamin C) or Alpha Amylase.

It is designed to be mixed straight into dough, right out of the package.

The dough will need only 1 kneading and 1 rising.

It is sold in 7g sachets, made by manufacturers such as Hovis, McDougalls, Harvest Gold, etc. There are also supermarket brands, some of which may be made by the brand name people for them.

It has been available in the UK since at least autumn 2003.

Cooking Tips
For bread recipes using up to 5 cups (1 1/2 pounds / 750g) of flour, use 1 sachet.

For bread recipes using up to 10 cups of flour (3 pounds / 1.5 kg) of flour, use 2 sachets.

Equivalents
7g package = 1 1/2 teaspoons
1 7g sachet equivalent to 1/2 oz (15g) of fresh yeast

Other entries for:

Yeast
Active Dry Yeast, Bread Machine Yeast, Brewer's Yeast, Compressed Yeast, Cream Yeast, Fast Action Bread Yeast, Fresh Yeast, Inactive Yeast, Instant Yeast, Koji Yeast, Torula Yeast

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Leaveners
Chemical Leaveners, Hartshorn, Starters