CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
BIO MOLECULES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Sugars end-in what?
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-ose
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-ase
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-tion
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The most important among these are that added sugar in foods acts as a sweetener, preservative, texture modifier, fermentation substrate, flavouring and colouring agent, bulking agent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Glucose, fructose and galactose are the three monosaccharides important in nutrition. These single sugar molecules contain 6 carbon atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms and 6 oxygen atoms (i.e. chemical formula as C6H12O6).
Detailed explanation-3: -Products are considered to either be high or low in sugar if they fall above or below the following thresholds: high: more than 22.5g of total sugars per 100g. low: 5g or less of total sugars per 100g.
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