酵母抽提物作为重要的酵母衍生物之一，具有丰富的营养价值，凭借其自身优势广泛应用在食品加中，能显著增加食品的鲜味、风味。本文主要阐述了酵母抽提物的定义、生产现状和常用生产技术，着重对酵母细胞壁破壁技术、自溶促进剂技术、制备风味化酵母抽提物技术和提高酵母抽提物鲜味技术四种酵母抽提物生产新技术进行探讨。酵母抽提物生产新技术将会不断改进并得到越来越广泛的应用，在未来行业中占有举足轻重的地位。

Yeast extracts, widely used in the food processing, are one of the most important yeast derivatives with abundant nutritive value and could significantly increase the freshness and flavor of food. This paper reviewed the production situation and technology of the yeast extracts, including the cell-wall breaking technology, autolysis accelerator, flavor yeast extract preparation and the improvement of the yeast extract flavor. The production technology of yeast extracts will continue to improve and find its way into more areas of food-related industries.

2012年顺德区科技计划项目（20120202032）