If you're wondering about the history of instant yeast versus active dry yeast, the latter has been around for longer. Fleischmann's first launched an active dry yeast product in the 1940s.

Boxes of Fleischmann's yeast sit stacked on top of one another at a grocery store. - The Toidi/Shutterstock I started shopping at Aldi when I took a pay cut, and now it's my go-to store.