HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

CARBOHYDRATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The relative sweetness of Fructose
A
100%
B
16%
C
32.5%
D
173.3%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -All sweeteners with relative sweetness (%) lower that sucrose are less sweet that sucrose when comparing same amount of sweetener. On the contrary, fructose is almost twice sweeter than sucrose.

Detailed explanation-2: -Relative sweetness is calculated by taking the relative sweetness of individual sweeteners (lactose is normally omitted) and multiplying this by their concentrations or usage rate (g/100g) in the ice cream mix. The individual calculations are summed to give the relative sweetness.

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