Question

Yeast is an important source of
a. Proteins
b. Riboflavin
c. Vitamin C
d. Sugars

Answer 1

Hint: In our day to day life, we intake many types of food materials to gain energy. When we lack a certain substance in our body, then we need to intake the food products in which the substance is available that is needed by the body. As we know, every product is a source of some substance. For example - oceans are a source of salt, rivers are a source of freshwater, in the same yeast also contains some nutrients.

Complete answer:
- Yeast is harvested from the brewing industry. It is used as a food as it is rich in Vitamin-B (mainly Riboflavin). Yeast is well known to be an imperative source of most B vitamins (excluding B12) and folate.
- It is said that Yeast contains an appropriate amount of potassium and magnesium. Yeast is normally used in the formulation of multipart tablets of vitamin B.
- Food materials like meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy, which are taken by human beings, deliver most of the amino acids (proteins) to them, and grains, beans, vegetables, and nuts give a considerable amount of proteins to organisms.
- The fruits like orange, kiwi, lemon, guava, grapefruit, which are called citrus fruits, vegetables such as capsicums, Brussel sprouts, broccoli, and cauliflower are the main sources of vitamin C.
- Raisins, Zante Currants, Dried Peaches, and Dried Apples have mostly sugars. The sugarcane and molasses are some natural sources of sugars. Most fruits and milk products contain sugars in them.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: Yeast is important for most of the food products. It helps in alcohol fermentation, bread baking, can treat various skin diseases, etc. But at the same time, it can be harmful as it can spoil food and vegetables. Also, they can rotten the plants and cause animal diseases.
Brewer's Yeast is frequently made use as a foundation of B-complex vitamins. It contains some amount of chromium and selenium.