FOOD TECHNOLOGY

FOOD CHEMISTRY

CARBOHYDRATES PROTEINS AND LIPIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The digestion of sucrose (table sugar) results in what two monosaccharides?
A
Fructose and glucose
B
Maltose and glucose
C
Glucose and galactose
D
Galactose and fructose
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sucrose is a disaccharide and is easily split by hydrolysis into the two monosaccharides (hexoses) glucose and fructose (eqn (1)).

Detailed explanation-2: -The most common disaccharide is sucrose, or table sugar, which is composed of the monomers glucose and fructose.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sucrose is a disaccharide. It is made up of two monosaccharide i.e glucose and fructose.

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