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If you chew on a piece of bread long enough, it begins to taste sweet because

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Maltose is formed by maltase.
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Fatty acids are formed by lipase.
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Disaccharides are formed by breaking down of starches by amylase.
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Glucose id formed from disccharides.
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Solution

The correct option is C Disaccharides are formed by breaking down of starches by amylase.
Bread contains starch which store sugars. It consists of long chains of glucose. When you chew on bread (starch) enzyme called amylase breaks down the large starch molecules into disaccharides- glucose, maltose or dextrin which are sweet to taste.

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