Q. Explain Degradation of Carbohydrates?
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The carbohydrates that are naturally present in foods, you may already know, can be divided into monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Most commonly occurring carbohydrates are disaccharides and polysaccharides. Bacteria breakdown these carbohydrates to monosaccharides. This results in softening or liquefaction of the food.