Notorious Nooch Co. has launched what it claims is the UK’s first naturally flavoured nutritional yeast. It’s available in two flavours — Smokey Bacon and Cheesy Immature. The company was co-founded by Stephen Wildish, author of the vegan guide How To Vegan.
Lallemand’s Animal-Free Vitamin D Yeast Approved For Multi-Category Use in UK
Lallemand, a family-owned business headquartered in Canada, announces the expansion of categories of use for its non-animal derived Lalmin vitamin D yeast in the UK. The company pioneered the use of vitamin D yeast as a novel food, obtaining the first such authorization in the EU in 2014. The respective Ministers of Primary Care and Public Health in England, Scotland, and Wales have now authorized extended uses in 26 food categories of UV-treated baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as an animal-free source of vitamin D, marking the first post-Brexit vitamin D yeast approval in the UK by Lallemand. The new categories include bakery, fermented products, sauces and condiments, pasta, and meat and dairy analogs. An application has also been submitted to the US FDA to extend …