Can I use active yeast in place of nutritional yeast?
                                
                                
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                                Did you know nutritional yeast is a deactivated form of *Saccharomyces cerevisiae*, the same yeast species used for baking? Despite their common origin, you can absolutely not use active yeast in place of nutritional yeast due to their fundamentally different states and purposes in cooking.