does saliva makes starches to taste sweet
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Raw bread, when chewed for some-time, tastes sweet as our mouth has saliva secreted by salivary gland, this has an enzyme known as salivary amylase which converts starch into Maltose sugar. It is because of this salivary amylase present in our saliva, carbohydrates of the sugar taste sweet.
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