Method for production of dry yeast containing S-adenosyl-L-methionine and having excellent storage stability, product produced by the method, and molded composition of the dry yeast
Disclosed is a method for producing a dry yeast containing S-adenosyl-L-methionine by using an yeast capable of producing S-adenosyl-L-methionine. The method is characterized by adding a cyclodextrin to an yeast cell condensation product produced from a cell culture of the yeast and drying the resulting product. Also disclosed is an SAMe-containing dry yeast produced by the method. Further disclosed is a composition produced by using the dry yeast. It becomes possible to produce a dry yeast containing S-adenosyl-L-methionine (which is useful as a water-soluble physiologically active substance) at a high concentration and having excellent storage stability and a composition produced by using the dry yeast in a simple manner and at low cost and introduce the dry yeast and the composition on the market.
