Assertion: yeast's enzyme | /r/CapableOf | break down starch
Facets:
value: into sugars
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Since flour's endowment of sugars can only feed yeast cells for a short period of time, flour millers add malted wheat or barley, grains that have been allowed to sprout and develop enzymes that break down starches into sugars, or enzymes extracted or purified from microscopic molds ('fungal amylase').