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Carbohydrates

Discover Carbohydrates: 455 flashcards with questions and answers.

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Sciences / Chemistry
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Card 321

Question

The milling of rice involves an additional process compared to other grains called what?

Answer

Polishing

Card 322

Question

What can be considered the original puffed cereal?

Answer

Popcorn

Card 323

Question

From which type of starch is a starch sponge made?

Answer

Potato starch, maize starch (cornstarch, or cornflour), and tapioca starch

Card 324

Question

Wheat flour is characterized by a relatively high concentration of what two protein classes?

Answer

Prolamines and glutelins.

Card 325

Question

What limits the possibility of making a rye bread from 100% rye flour?

Answer

Protein is too weak to support the bread structure.

Card 326

Question

What are the products of corn wet milling process?

Answer

Protein, starch , oil and fiber

Card 327

Question

What high-fiber grain is in both Kellogg's Heartwise cereal, as well as in a Proctor & Gamble laxative?

Answer

Psyllium

Card 328

Question

What is semolina?

Answer

Purified middling obtained from durum wheat

Card 329

Question

Which ancient grain experienced a resurgence due to its gluten-free status?

Answer

Quinoa

Card 330

Question

Which grain is botanically classified as a pseudocereal?

Answer

Quinoa.

Card 331

Question

What is the prominent trisaccharide found in beets?

Answer

Raffinose

Card 332

Question

What is the more common name for (alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-6)-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-beta-D-fructofuranoside?

Answer

Raffinose

Card 333

Question

What is raffinose?

Answer

Raffinose is a trisaccharide composed of galactose, glucose, and fructose

Card 334

Question

Name three free sugars present in soybean.

Answer

Raffinose, Stachyose, Sucrose

Card 335

Question

Which of the following is a major determinant of the fermentation of cellulose in the gut?

Answer

Ratio of lignin to cellulose

Card 336

Question

The Maillard reaction is a reaction between what two specific components in foods?

Answer

Reducing sugar and amino acid

Card 337

Question

What is the process of staling of bread also known as?

Answer

Retrogradation

Card 338

Question

Name the complex process that occurs during the cooling of gelatinized starch, where water is expelled and the product texture becomes firm and often brittle (e.g., in stale bread).

Answer

Retrogradation (or Staling)

Card 339

Question

What is starch retrogradation?

Answer

Retrogradation in food refers to the process where disaggregated starch chains, typically amylose and amylopectin, in gelatinized starch begin to reassociate and form ordered structures, often crystalline, as the food cools

Card 340

Question

What is the reaction of acid-catalyzed combination of two monosaccharide molecules?

Answer

Reversion

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