Why does a piece of bhakari begin to taste sweet after chewing it for some time?

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A piece of Bhakari begins to taste sweet after chewing for sometime because it gets mixed with saliva in the mouth, which contains digestive juice called ptyalin. This juice converts the starch in the Bhakari into glucose i.e., a kind of sugar thereby giving a sweet taste.

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