Abstract
Mead is a beverage produced by the alcoholic fermentation of a diluted solution of honey by yeasts, which according to Brazilian legislation must have an alcohol content of between 4% and 14% by volume of ethanol at 20ºC. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast commonly used to produce mead. However, the application of the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii has been sho…