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If a plain soda cracker is chewed for a while before swallowed it begins to taste sweet how does enzyme action cause this effect?
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An amylase is an enzyme that breaks starch down into sugar. Amylase is present in human saliva, where it begins the chemical process of digestion Foods that contain much starch but little sugar, such as rice and potato, taste slightly sweet as they are chewed because amylase turns some of their starch into sugar in the mouth.
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∙ 18y agoThe enzymes break down the starch (complex carbohydrates) in the cracker into simple sugars.
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