Eli5: Starch and Cellulose are Polymers of Sugar, what’s the reason behind them not being sweet?

Question

Eli5: Starch and Cellulose are Polymers of Sugar, what’s the reason behind them not being sweet?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

If the sugar molecules are bound to each other, they can’t bind the tase bud.

Think of the sugar and the tase bud having a secret handshake, a fancy one that requires both hands, for sake of fitting the analogy. And bunch of sugars come in a daisy chain holding each other’s hands. They can’t do the handshake.