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Answer the following.
How does the bread become spongy?
Solution
Breads become spongy due to the addition of yeast in their dough. Yeast reproduces rapidly and produces carbon dioxide gas while respiring. This gas fills the dough and increases its volume making it to rise, thus making the bread appear spongy and fluffy.
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