DCL Levure Active Dried Yeast, 500 g

Love this yeast. I bake bread every day. Have done for 20 or so years now. Sometimes yiu will get the tin with a shorter date, they buy in big batches and it depends on how long it takes them to sell it Al, but even a 4 or 5 month is not a problem. If yiu are not going to use it all - bag it and freeze it and just get out how much you want to use. By freezing it, you increase its shelf life astronomically. Great flavour, great rising,

Used it in my breadmaker to make pizza dough and must say it works well. I only ever used Hovis fast action dry yeast and actually think this worked even better. I don't bake bread with dry yeast (use sourdough starter) , so can't say how it works on bread. Update: used it on time delay in my breadmaker and bread came out great. Comes in a tin, YOU'LL NEED TIN OPENER! Original packaging was destroyed during transport and tin had dents in it so you might want to use cardboard boxes as quite a bulky item. Use by date was 2yrs.

I've been making bread every week for a few years, this is a switch from the 'easy bake' variety I had previously been using, and I always used honey - this yeast is not as happy with honey, but when I add a spoon of Muscovado Sugar in addition to the honey, the yeast does much better although it's quite variable. I remember the yeast making a foamy 'head' on the water when I first bought it, now there are only a few bubbles but the bread rises well. The yeast and honey or sugar must be activated together beforehand in warm water (there are instructions on the tin) and it seems 40 degrees centigrade is right, I have gone a bit over to 50 and unfortunately the bread didn't rise at all due to perhaps dead yeast. When warming up and cooking there is also a strong yeast smell that you may like, I prefer it less to other yeasts in terms of smell and would probably not use this yeast again although it does a fine job otherwise and is very good value - I have enough for 18 months now in this large tin and overall it's good stuff and tinned yeast is supposed to live for 2 years.

I have been baking bread for a long time, but have found that the results can be quite variable, due to the fickle nature of common commercially available yeast. This yeast is absolutely superb! When activating the yeast, it has a strong, yeasty smell initially, but once the bread is baked, this is no longer an issue. I add warm water (30-40 C) and a teaspoon of sugar to the dried yeast and let it stand for 15 min, stirring once or twice. Lots of bubbles are forming, which indicates the yeast is alive and working! I also let the bread rise for 2-3h on a warm place and bake in a dutch oven for best results. Since using this yeast, I always get great results, the breads rise properly and are light in nature, not dense like they used to be. I also store the yeast in a cool dry place, as storing it in a warm environment would make it less effective over time. I can very much recommend this yeast, as it delivers consistently great results.

This is great yeast. Ive not had any problems getting it activated - i stick it in 40-50*C water with a little sugar and off it goes. I use it for pizzas and rolls. I find it to be far superior to the yeast packs you get in the supermarket. It is quite strong (if that is the word to use), i found i had to use a little less than recommend in my pizza recipe or my dough smelled realy strongly of the yeast.

This is amazing value for money, the product has worked well in breads and other recipes. the only little thing is the container is not sturdy. i put over 3/4 into a dark sealed glass container as the plastic lid was not working well. I'm glad I did as the remainder in the tin went stale after 2 weeks. if you make lots of breads rolls doughnuts etc this is the right product to use!

In terms of value for money you get a LOT of yeast granules compared to the supermarket sachets. I’ve used this twice now to make pizzas with, using 14g of yeast per the recipe. Using this Saf Levure yeast I noticed during proofing it gives off a strong almost ‘off’ smell compared to the supermarket yeast at the same volume. The smell & strong ‘yeast’ flavour came through in the finished pizzas which wasn’t pleasant. I’m going to try cutting down the yeast quantity to see if that makes a difference.

Pro: - Far better value than supermarket yeast - Tin reseals with attached plastic cap - Opens easily - Makes good bread Con: - Takes up more space than supermarket yeast packets - I actually think you need 2 tsp to get a proper rise, rather than the 7g packets from supermarkets, so I'd guess that this yeast is slightly less active, but in my opinion it doesn't impact the bread - The Starter froths, the dough Proves, the Ovenspring isn't less/more than I want and the bread has come out perfectly each time, so I'm okay with the extra tsp. I like it so much I've bought two more tins. Nuff said.