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What substance, produced during fermentation, causes bread dough to rise?

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Oxygen gas becomes trapped inside the dough mixture during the kneading process.

Lactic acid is produced by bacteria during the process of aerobic respiration.

Carbon dioxide gas is released by yeast during anaerobic respiration.

Ethanol alcohol begins to evaporate quickly when the dough is first heated.

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Carbon dioxide gas is released by yeast during anaerobic respiration. Yeast ferments sugars, producing CO2 (which forms bubbles that make the dough rise) and ethanol (which largely evaporates during baking).