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GK QUESTION#4019

When the bread rises and bakes, _____creates thousands of bubbles in the dough.

  1. Aphosphorus
  2. Bnitrogen
  3. Coxygen
  4. Dcarbon dioxideCorrect answer
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D. carbon dioxide

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Carbon dioxide produced during yeast fermentation forms gas bubbles that become trapped in dough and expand during proofing and baking. Heating also expands gases and water vapour; increasing sugar does not indefinitely increase rising.

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