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carbohydrates 1

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

roles of carbohydrates in food products

Back (Answer)

• sweetner • humectant: lower water activity • energy supplier • texture • colour

#2
Front (Question)

What are carbohydrates?

Back (Answer)

• ring structure • c- h- o- atoms • mono, di, oligo- and polysaccharides • different residues • different roles in food products

#3
Front (Question)

oligosaccharide consist of

Back (Answer)

2-20

#4
Front (Question)

polysaccharide consist of

Back (Answer)

> 200

#5
Front (Question)

fructose

Back (Answer)

draw (ketose)

#6
Front (Question)

glucose

Back (Answer)

draw (aldose)

#7
Front (Question)

5 member ring

Back (Answer)

furanose

#8
Front (Question)

6 member ring

Back (Answer)

pyranose

#9
Front (Question)

5 c-atoms

Back (Answer)

pentose

#10
Front (Question)

6 c-atoms

Back (Answer)

hexose

#11
Front (Question)

what happens in an uronic acid

Back (Answer)

the primary hydroxyl group at c6 is oxidised to a carboxylic group

#12
Front (Question)

galacturanic acid

Back (Answer)

draw

#13
Front (Question)

glucuronic acid

Back (Answer)

draw

#14
Front (Question)

saccharose

Back (Answer)

glucose + fructose

#15
Front (Question)

maltose

Back (Answer)

glucose + glucose

#16
Front (Question)

galactose + glucose

Back (Answer)

lactose

#17
Front (Question)

glucose + fructose

Back (Answer)

saccharose

#18
Front (Question)

glucose + glucose

Back (Answer)

maltose

#19
Front (Question)

lactose

Back (Answer)

galactose + glucose

#20
Front (Question)

DE

Back (Answer)

number of reducing end/ degree of polemarysation

#21
Front (Question)

DP

Back (Answer)

degree of polymarization

#22
Front (Question)

polysaccharide storage

Back (Answer)

starch, glycogen, insulin

#23
Front (Question)

polysaccharide cell wall

Back (Answer)

alginate, carroggeen, cellulose, pectin, agar

#24
Front (Question)

glucose is alpha in

Back (Answer)

starch