Products
The Best Yeast For Home Baking Success
Lesaffre Yeast Corporation markets our consumer baker’s yeast products for home bakers under the RED STAR®, SAF® and bakipan®brands. All of our baker’s yeast products are guaranteed to perform with consistency and are available in supermarkets throughout the U.S. and Canada. On this page you will find each of our consumer baker’s yeast products and links to all the information you need to know about each of them. For General Information that pertains to all of our yeast products, scroll down the page. We thank you for choosing our products for all of your yeast baking needs.
If you are seeking information about our company’s nutritional yeast, commercial baker’s yeast or our wine and distiller’s yeast products, they are handled through separate divisions. Please see the bottom of the page for links to their sites.
Red Star® Yeast Products
SAF® Products
bakipan® Products
GENERAL INFORMATION
Gluten-Free
RED STAR®, SAF® and bakipan® consumer yeast products are gluten-free. They do not contain wheat gluten or other cereal protein that cause allergic reactions in people with gluten intolerance. Please note this exception: Red Star Platinum contains enzymes derived from wheat flour and for this reason is not gluten free. More information here.
Certified Kosher
All RED STAR®, SAF® and bakipan® dry yeast products are certified kosher pareve under the rabbinical supervision of KOF-K. RED STAR® cake yeast is certified kosher pareve under the supervision of Organized Kashrus Laboratories.
GMO Free
RED STAR®, SAF® and bakipan® consumer Baker’s yeast products are certified GMO Free. Please note this exception: Red Star Platinum contains soy flour and for this reason is not certified GMO Free. More information here.
Allergens
RED STAR®, SAF® and bakipan® consumer Baker’s yeast products are free of peanuts, tree nuts, potatoes, or any other products derived from these sources. All of our consumer yeast products are produced in a dedicated plant where there is no source of peanuts, tree nuts, potatoes, or any other products derived from these sources.
All RED STAR®, SAF® and bakipan® consumer Baker’s yeast products are dairy-free and egg-free.
All RED STAR®, SAF® and bakipan® consumer Baker’s yeast products are vegan. There are no animal byproducts or ingredients derived from animals in our products.
For information about other Lesaffre products, click on the links below:
Nutritional Yeast
Nutritional Yeast is sold through another division called Lesaffre Human Care. You can find information on these products at their website. If you have further questions, use their contact page to reach them directly.
Brewer’s Yeast
Lesaffre Yeast Corporation does not sell Brewer’s Yeast. Alternatively we produce RED STAR® Nutritional Yeast. Visit our RED STAR® Nutritional Yeast site to learn more about our Nutritional Yeast products.
Wine & Distiller’s Yeast
Wine and Distiller’s Yeast is sold through another division called Fermentis. You can find information on these products at their website. If you have further questions, use their contact page to reach them directly.
Wholesale/Food Service
Information on SAF and Red Star wholesale, foodservice and commercial baker’s yeast products, dough conditioners and other fine ingredients can be found on Lesaffre Yeast Corporation’s website.
