Yeast is capable of converting sugar into two products. Name these two products. Explain the process involved?

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Yeast ferments the sugar present in various food and produces alcohol, with the release of carbon dioxide and little energy.

$G l u c o s e y e a s t - ---------- \to w i t h o u t o x y g e n A l c o h o l + E n e r g y + {C O}_{2}$

The process involved is known as fermentation. Fermentation is the process of converting complex organic substances into simpler substances.

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