Supermarket over the counter bagged sourdough has a weird scent to it that’s very generic I suspect people are making yeast breads with a souring agent
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Sourdough is yeast + lactobacillus, but yeah generic factory-produced sourdough has a slightly off-putting taste (maybe mold inhibitors?)
sep 1, 2025, 7:33 am • 1 0 • view
Oh sorry I meant like commercial bread yeast as opposed to the sourdough yeast/bacteria symbiote
sep 1, 2025, 8:37 am • 1 0 • view
(If we’re being technical the symbiotic colony is about 5 different microorganisms usually, about two species of yeast and about three species of bacteria, normally. I need to find the source of that)
sep 1, 2025, 8:41 am • 1 0 • view
it probably depends on the mature starter, which develops a relationship with its environment I imagine commercial starter is kept more isolated, and bred for stability?
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