Chapter 14, Problem 21SAE

Summary Introduction

To review:

The changes in the taste of a piece of bread when chewed for 5–6 minutes and the underlying reasons for these taste changes.

Introduction:

Food ingested in the body is mechanically broken down in the mouth. The chemical breakdown of food occurs in the mouth also. The piece of bread when chewed for several minutes shows a gradual change in tastes. Its taste becomes sweeter with increasing time.