A starch is actually a long chain of sugar molecules. As the fruit ripens, the starches break apart into the sugar molecules. This is why they become sweeter as they ripen.
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Certain enzymes in bananas convert starch in the banana into sugar, which is part of the ripening process and what makes the fruit sweeter and softer as it ripens. Therefore, the greener the fruit is the more starch it will contain.
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Unripe fruits contain mostly complex carbohydrates like starch, which get broken down into simpler sugars like glucose as the fruit ripens. This process makes the fruit sweeter and more palatable. Unripe fruits are typically harder and have a more astringent taste due to the higher starch content.
ripens fruit
Ripen is a verb and this is the base form Other forms are ripen -- The fruit will ripen in May ripens -- The fruit ripens late ripened -- The fruit ripened late this year ripening -- The fruit is ripening now.
Yes it does
i think bananas
They dry naturally as the fruit ripens on the tree.
Biochemical reactions are taking place when fruit ripens.
bitter melon
It increases as it ripens. :D Now, that is what I wrote in my practical notebook. B-)