Read the nutrition label on a box of crackers, and bread. The major ingredient in crackers is flour, which contains starch. Chew on a single cracker...

Read the nutrition label on a box of crackers, and bread. The major ingredient in crackers is flour, which contains starch. Chew on a single cracker for 4 or 5 minutes. Note how the taste changes as you chew the cracker. An enzyme (amylase) in your saliva breaks apart the bonds in starch. Answer the following questions