Why does bread taste sweet on mastication?
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Bread is carbohydrate, specifically starch. As we masticate, amylase is produced by the saliva which converts starch to maltose which is a sugar. Hence bread tastes sweet on mastication.
Bread tastes sweet on mastication (chewing) because the enzymes in saliva begin converting the starch in bread to sugar.
Bread tastes sweet on mastication (chewing) because the enzymes in saliva begin converting the starch in bread to sugar.
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Bread tastes sweet on mastication (chewing) because the enzymes in saliva begin converting the starch in bread to sugar.
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