Bread machines and yeast question

Factual Questions
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Anyone know the difference between bread machine yeast and regular yeast? The ingredients are about the same except for a preservative (in the bread-machine variety). How does that affect the yeast? Does it do anything special (or is it a different variety of yeast)? I am thinking it is just a marketing scheme by Fliechman’s (sp?) to get me to buy their jar of yeast rather than their competitor’s.

I don’t want to end up with some monstrosity choking up my wonderful can’t-live-without appliance, but am getting sick of buying boxed mixes. Anyone out there with the SD? Thanks!!!

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I don’t think there is really a difference. I think it’s just a marketing ploy, but that’s just my opinion…

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My WAG: Some yeast is faster-acting giving better results overall. It is cultivated to be so. This might be best for bread machines to allow for the dough to rise prior to the heating cycle which then kills the yeast.
Since a bread machine is a lot smaller than your convention oven, temps can rise quicker.
Accordingly, faster-acting yeast may be preferred. This may be the difference.

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Machine yeast usually comes in a jar so you can measure the right amount. It’s also a little faster.

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I stopped by the baking aisle last night to double check the pricing… both are the same. No problem. However, [making things more complicated] now I noticed that they are selling ‘bread machine flour’. Now what? More vertical marketing? Sheesh! [/making things more complicated]

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Ok, bread machine flour often has “vital wheat glutin” and/or other necessary powdery ingredients already mixed into it the bag. Also, bread flour yields a better product than does all-purpose flour.

Yes, to be direct, it could be said this is just to streamline the bread-baking ordeal (buying ingredients, etc.)…and make a buck or two 'cause we “knead the dough”! :smiley:

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Yeah, we discovered that all-purpose flour makes really flat loaves when we ran out of the high-gluten bread flour. We even added extra gluten (they sell that right next to the yeast in a jar) but no joy.

Another difference in bread machine flour is that they add dough conditioners to improve the texture.

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Ya know, I think you can buy all this stuff in bulk at your local health food store for probably cheaper than your supermarket. I buy my yeast in bulk cause I like to make bread and it’s a heck of a lot less expensive than those freakin’ little packages!