Re: Why does cereal get soggy in milk?

MadSci Network: Agricultural Sciences

Re: Why does cereal get soggy in milk?

Date: Fri Mar 20 10:14:09 1998
Posted By: Alina Freire-Fierro, Grad student,University of Missouri-St. Louis, Dept. of Biology/(and Missouri Botanical Garden)
Area of science: Agricultural Sciences
ID: 886803591.Ag

Message:


When you buy the cereal, the water present on each cell of it has been 
taken out, giving the cereal that dry consistency. When the cereal is put 
into milk or water, the cells recover their humidity, in this case the 
cereal becomes soggy.

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