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Leftover brewer’s yeast as a feed additive may benefit environment

Brewer’s yeast used to make beer is typically discarded once it’s no longer needed. Sometimes, though, the leftover yeast is mixed into livestock feed as a source of protein and vitamins. Now, there may be even more reason to continue this practice, according to findings by a team of scientists with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Warren Wilson College and Asheville Sustainability Research, LLC of Ashville, North Carolina.

Laboratory results the team published in the journal Frontiers in Animal Science suggest that…

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