billb wrote:
> does the yeast make it or does the yeast make an enzyme that makes
> it.
>
> I seem to see both concepts advanced as true.
>
> what's the truth?
>
Bilb,

I think it was a chemist named Büchner who found out looong time ago
that enzymes, not whole live cells, are the actual agent of the
fermentation process, although the cells are the source of the enzymes.
In fact, the very word "enzyme" means something like "In the yeast".

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Mike MTM, Cokesbury, New Jersey, USA