Enzyme secreted in saliva that breaks starch into smaller particles and eventually into the disaccharide maltose Hormone secreted by the beta cells of the pancreas in response to increased blood levels of glucose. Hormone secreted by the alpha cells of the pancreas in response to decreased blood levels of glucose. Sucrose is commonly known as ______ Most common sucralose-based product ______. Fatty acids that must be consumed in the diet because they cannot be made by our bodies. Amino acids not produced by the body that must be obtained from food. Enzyme in the stomach that begins the breakdown of proteins into shorter polypeptide chains and single amino acids. Two or more foods that together contain all nine essential amino acids necessary for a complete protein. Molecule consisting of three fatty acids attached to a three-carbon glycerol backbone.