Thousands of single-celled organisms gave their life for your last pizza.

They died while helping its crust rise in the oven.

You might know them as yeast.

The technique is strikingly simple.

This industrial gear is designed to raise the temperature and pressure of whatever’s inside.

Within this autoclave, the team says two things happen to mimic the job of yeast.

Together, these actions make the dough rise like it would’ve with yeast.

In a sense, the end goal is to leave yeast – yes, pun intended – jobless.