LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -On the nutrition label, the term “total carbohydrate” includes all three types of carbohydrates.

Detailed explanation-2: -D: Carbohydrate includes all others on the list.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carbohydrates are divided into four types: monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and have a general formula that approximates CH2O. They are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones or form polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones when hydrolyzed. Carbohydrates occur as monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides.

Detailed explanation-5: -Monosaccharides are the building blocks of disaccharides (such as sucrose and lactose) and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch). The table sugar used in everyday vernacular is itself a disaccharide sucrose comprising one molecule of each of the two monosaccharides D-glucose and D-fructose.