On 2007-09-12, raisethedead > wrote:
> I only use grain meal and flour in my starter. I don't particularly
> care to have sweet bread per say, I just don't know enough about
> kitchen science to know which sweeteners are good food for the yeast
> beasts.

In that case, the flour itself will be food enough for the beasties.
After all, that's what they've been living on in the starter. The
other sweeteners you mentioned might speed up fermentation slightly,
except probably stevia, since that's not actually sugar.

--
Randall