On Jan 23, 12:44 pm, "pp" > wrote:
> I thought I'd already answered that? Here is the relevant part again:
>
> That could be problematic as yeast
> needs other things that just sugar to grow - vitamins and minerals -
> you won't have those in sugar syrup.
>
> So essentially, you're running a risk of weakening the yeast culture,
> which kind of defeats the whole purpose of making a starter. The juice
> will be fine for the relatively short time it will take to build the
> starter.
>
> Pp
>
I used to make a yeast starter with one cup of orange juice, one or two
tbs of sugar, a pinch of yeast nutrient to which I added the
re-hydrated yeast as per the yeast company. It worked great.

Guy