Question

what will happen when b) yeast is added to molasses.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Molasses contain so much sucrose that in the open air exposed to the sun it starts fermenting without any agent like yeast. If you keep sugar syrup in a glass in the sun it soon ferments and turns into alcohol.

Yeast is nothing but acid formed by breakdown of starch and carbs under controlled conditions. It sets the reaction of fermentation of starch in flour etc.(bread dough), dosa/idli batter

Answer 2

Explanation:

Molasses is used as a microbiological energy source in a wide range of fermentation processes. It is used to grow yeasts, moulds and bacteria which transform sugars into alcohol, yeast, citric acid and the food additives monosodium glutamate and lysine.