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During photosynthesis, leaves convert water and carbon dioxide to a kind of sugar called glucose. If that is so, all food stored by the plant should be sweet. But this is not so. Why?

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Glucose: It is the most simple sugar that is formed as a result of photosynthesis in plants and is used for obtaining energy.
But glucose cannot be used as a storage of food so it is then converted into a complex sugar called starch, which does not have a sweet taste.
Therefore not all stored food by the plant tastes sweet.

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