Nooch is packed with vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that can do wonders for your health. Here’s how to use it — and why newbies should proceed with caution. 5.

But actually, nooch is short for nutritional yeast, which—along with bone broth and ancient grains—is enjoying an everything-old-is-new-again moment. 5 Ancient Grains You Need to Try.

Nutritional yeast, aka nooch, has been a staple for vegans since the 1970s. “The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook” introduces nutritional yeast in recipes with the intention of making dishes “cheesy” with an ...

While “nooch” is a relatively new term, nutritional yeast has been around for decades. According to NPR , the product hit shelves in 1950 and became popular with hippies in the late 1960s and ...

But plenty of newer nooch fans think of it less as a cheese substitute, and more as a seasoning all its own. Agela Abdullah, a home cook in Chicago, started cooking with the yeast around 2009.