Note that's nutritional yeast which is a different product from the stuff that makes bread rise; for one thing, it's heated before packaging to kill it off. For another, it's more of a brewer's yeast strain than a bread yeast strain. Basically, sometime in the 1960s-1970s, someone noticed that health food nuts were eating the dead yeast leftover from the process of brewing beer and started cultivating it as a food product in itself.
Also, for those who are allergic to pine nuts, pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds) are listed as an alternative ingredient.
Also, for those who are allergic to pine nuts, pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds) are listed as an alternative ingredient.