After discussing for 3 episodes the cutting edge technology that led to a Nobel Prize, I would like to return back to more mundane things and there are not many things more mundane than eating bread :-D This episode will look at the reason why bland bread starts to taste sweet after chewing it for a while. I hope you will enjoy it :) If you would like to share feedback or have a suggestion for a topic, I can now be reached on twitter under @ChemistryinEve1. Alternatively, you can send an email to [email protected]. Sources Evolutionary advantage of identifying sweet food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetness The tongue and taste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_bud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_receptor Sugar and Saccharides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosaccharide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaccharide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisaccharide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligosaccharide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysaccharide Examples of Disaccharides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltose Examples of Monosaccharides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose Examples of Polysaccharides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose Glycolysis, the metabolism for glucose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolysis Bread and its ingredients https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread Saliva, Alpha-amylase and its mode of action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amylase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolysis