BPK 110 Lecture Notes - Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Resistant Starch

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Carbohydrates: organic compounds that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in the ratio of ch(2)o. Monosaccharide"s: any sugars that are not broken down during digestion and have the general formula c(3-7)h(2(3-7))o(3-7). Common monosaccharide"s > glucose, fructose, and galactose all have six carbon atoms c(6) Disaccharides: carbs composed of 2 monosaccharide units linked by glycosidic bond. Glucose: present in blood, component of disaccharides (sucrose, lactose and maltose) Fructose: present in honey and fruits, added to foods in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. Galactose: converted into glucose for the body, in foods and living systems, usually joined with other monosaccharides. Pentoses: sugar molecules containing 5 carbon atoms. Sugar alcohols: compounds formed from monosaccharides by replacing a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group (-oh) used for nutritive sweeteners , also called polyols . Sucrose: common table sugar, purified from sugar beets or sugar cane, one molecule of glucose and one molecule fructose.

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