Adding Nitrogen to Yeast - Is That Really Important?

We found that during propagation, regardless of the sugar concentration, if we supplement with these extract to increase the nitrogen, or, you know, reduce carbon to nitrogen ratio, this generally resulted in more favorable outcomes. We also saw positive impacts on the fermentation performance as well for yeast that were grown in a nitrogen rich media. So nitrogen seems to be important both in fermentation and, you know,. and respiration.