Yeast Is Used to Produce Beer and Wine but Can

question 32

Multiple Choice

Yeast is used to produce beer and wine but can also make bread rise.All of these processes involve the production of alcohol.Explain why you can eat bread and not get drunk.

• A)The heat of cooking bakes out the alcohol.
• B)The amount of alcohol produced is too small to be noticeable.
• C)The bread-making process produces ethyl alcohol, not isopropyl alcohol.
• D)The bread-making process produces isopropyl alcohol, not ethyl alcohol.

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