FOOD CHEMISTRY
CARBOHYDRATES PROTEINS AND LIPIDS
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Question
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Sugars usually end in ____
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-ose
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-ace
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-ats
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-ids
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sucrose, a disaccharide (consisting of two monosaccharides), is table sugar. (Note the ending “ose” common to most sugars.) Polysaccharides may be made from thousands of simple sugars linked together.
Detailed explanation-2: -Watching your sugar intake? Food labels often list many different forms of sugar. Chemists assign names ending in “-ose” to all carbohydrates, whether sugars or starches. Many of these sugar “-oses” are unique chemical compounds and are known by unique names, although they are all sweet to varying degrees.
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