By Raul Estrada Zamora
estrada@enet.cu
Translation: Ernesto Gutierrez Pino

Las Tunas .- The Torula Yeast Factory, located in the municipality of Puerto Padre, 52 kilometer to the north of this city and more than 740 east of Havana, which improves animal feed, fertilizes the fields with high quality natural fertilizers and protects the environment, went back into production thanks to the diligence and intelligence of its employees.

Bordering the Antonio Guiteras sugar mill, the largest sugar producer in Cuba, the facility was so severely damaged by Hurricane Ike in September

Torula Yeast Factory adjacent to the Antonio Guiteras sugar mill supplies to customers of Las Tunas province and other parts of Cuba.

Torula is an excellent food, especially for pigs and calves.

Fortunately, that was not the view shared by the management and the workers, who after the passage of the natural disaster began the repair, which concluded successfully.

Without losing time and although until now part of the plant has not roof yet the workers have produced 124 tonnes of yeast in the first month, higher than expected.

Torula yeast, scientifically known as Candida utilis, can be extracted from various organic materials, and in the case of Puerto Padre, in order to save sugar-cane syrup, is derived from the vinasse or waste liquid from the manufacture of alcohol.

Whether in cream or dry base, the torula contains up to 38 percent of protein, which makes it an excellent food for pigs, cattle and other species, and is a product that can replace expensive imports.

Studies carried out in the neighboring Granma province and other regions of Cuba show that some remaining water in the production of yeast is a source of pollution if they are discharged into the environment, but they are high in potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen, magnesium, calcium and other elements, together with its low acidity, make them fertilizers able to duplicate widely the sugar cane yields.

 

.Cuban News Agency

.Latin American News Agency