saccharify

• Verbe signifiant transformer l'amidon ou d'autres glucides en sucre, généralement par des procédés chimiques ou enzymatiques.

A verb meaning to convert starch or other carbohydrates into sugar, typically through chemical or enzymatic processes.

1. Sweeten with sugarC2formal

   To make something sweet by adding sugar or a sugary substance.

   Sucrer

   • The recipe instructs you to saccharify the mixture with honey.
   • They saccharified the tea with a spoonful of sugar.
   • In some cultures, fruits are saccharified to preserve them.

   Synonymessugarsugarcoatsweeten

2. Convert into sugarC2formalscientific

   To convert a complex carbohydrate or sugar derivative into a simple, soluble, fermentable sugar through hydrolysis.

   saccharifier

   • The enzyme helps to saccharify starch into glucose.
   • During brewing, malt is saccharified to produce fermentable sugars.
   • The process of saccharification is crucial in biofuel production.