On Dec 3, 5:20*pm, Tater > wrote:
> I was wondering how many yeast organisms are in a packet of yeast. can
> I say "I have billions of servants doing my bidding when it comes to
> wine" or just millions?
>
> thousands?

I googled and got a couple of answers:

1. It takes 20,000,000,000 (twenty billion) yeast cells to weigh one
gram or 1/28 of an
ounce.

2. One pound of yeast contains 3,200 billion yeast cells!

Expanding the first estimate to an ounce: 20 billion X 28 = 560
billion per ounce. The second one gives: 3,200 billion / 16 = 200
billion per ounce. So if you throw in an ounce, you're dealing with
hundreds of billions to start. Since the growth is exponential, you
probably end up with trillions.

Paul