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yeast washer

A professional who tends equipment that washes, pasteurizes, and cools yeast cream (concentrated yeast suspension) used in manufacture of baker's yeast and yeast food. Respnsibilities include:

  • Opens valve to pump yeast cream into tank, and adds water to yeast cream to remove traces of wort adhering to yeast cells.
  • Pumps yeast cream and wash water to storage tank preparatory to centrifugal separation.
  • Turns valves to admit steam into jacket of pasteurizer and circulate brine through cooling coils of cooler.
  • Pumps yeast cream, that has been washed and separated from wash water, to pasteurizer and through cooling equipment to storage tank.
  • Tests cream for acidity, using pH meter, and adds necessary chemicals to attain required acidity level.
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