After a meal that is high in carbohydrates, starch is converted into glycogen, a sugar storage molecule. the chart describes the stages a starch molecule goes through as it is metabolized. pathway of starch to glycogen during digestion starting molecule end result of metabolism starch broken down into maltose in the mouth maltose broken down into glucose in the intestines and absorbed into the blood glucose removed from blood; many glucose molecules are stored in the liver as a molecule of glycogen which process(es) are occurring in the cell to convert starch into glycogen? only catabolism only anabolism both catabolism and anabolism neither catabolism nor anabolism