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Carbohydrates

Discover Carbohydrates: 455 flashcards with questions and answers.

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Sciences / Chemistry
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Card 101

Question

Peanut butter contains approximately what percentages of proteins and fat?

Answer

22% for protein and 50% for fat

Card 102

Question

Peanut butter contains approximately what percentage of protein and fat?

Answer

25-30% protein and 50-55% fat

Card 103

Question

The percentage of fiber is how many times higher in whole grain bread than in white bread?

Answer

3-4 times

Card 104

Question

How many monomers are in stachycose?

Answer

4: 2 galactose, glucose and fructose

Card 105

Question

What are the fructose contents in commercial HFCS products?

Answer

42% and 55% (HFCS-42 & HFCS-55)

Card 106

Question

What is the difference between glucose and galactose?

Answer

4th carbon hydroxyl group orientation

Card 107

Question

What percentage of the world grain crop is destroyed each year by insects?

Answer

5-20%

Card 108

Question

Sucralose is how many times sweeter than sugar?

Answer

600 times sweeter.

Card 109

Question

What is the usual protein content range of cereal grains?

Answer

8-13%.

Card 110

Question

What would be the approximate desirable storage temperatures of high fructose corn syrup?

Answer

80-100⁰F (27-38⁰C)

Card 111

Question

What is the protein content of straight flour used for making white bread?

Answer

9-12%

Card 112

Question

What is the definition of an oligosaccharide?

Answer

A carbohydrate containing between three and 10 or more than two and less than 10 monosaccharides

Card 113

Question

What is farina?

Answer

A form of milled wheat popular in the United States

Card 114

Question

What is the aleurone layer?

Answer

A specialized, single-cell-thick layer of living cells that surrounds the starchy endosperm in cereal grains, acting as a nutrient-rich storage tissue and a source of enzymes during germination. It's a rich source of proteins, lipids, vitamins, and minerals.

Card 115

Question

What artificial sweetener does the number E950 refer to?

Answer

Ace-K

Card 116

Question

What non-nutritive sweetener has the chemical name 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazine-4(3)-one (i.e. ketone)-2,2- dioxide?

Answer

Acesulfame K

Card 117

Question

In 2008, Ajinomoto announced a new non-caloric artificial sweetener derived from Aspartame, about 20,000 times sweeter than sucrose and 110 times sweeter than aspartame. Name the sweetener.

Answer

Advantame

Card 118

Question

Which approved sweetener has the greatest sweetness relative to sugar?

Answer

Advantame (20000x)/ Neotame (7000-13000x)

Card 119

Question

Which polysaccharide, found in the cell walls of brown algae, is commonly used as a thickening or gelling agent in the presence of calcium ions?

Answer

Alginate (or Alginic acid)

Card 120

Question

Flour and water mixtures that are used for manufacture of extruded pasta products are called what?

Answer

Alimentary pastes (do not accept batters)

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