Carbohydrates Flashcards
examples of insoluble plant cell-wall materials
cellulose and lignin
examples of non-starch water-soluble polysacc
pectin and beta-glucan
What are some of the functions of dietary fibre?
^ intestinal/fecal bulk, lowers transit time; prevent constipation; help feel full without providing energy
what are alginate gel beads widely used for?
encapsulation matrix
calcium alginate makes an _____ arrangement
egg box
alginates are linear polymers containing _____acid and ____acid
D-mannuronic; L-guluronic
why does chocolate milk have carrageenan?
it binds with proteins in milk to make a complex structure–>makes a gel so that the chocolate doesn’t just settle at the bottom
jam contains ___
pectin
what is the most abundant polysacc on earth?
cellulose (beta 1,4 glycosidic linkage)
what causes bread to become stale?
the firmness increases because of the re-association between amylose molecules and amylopectin molecules
what is retrogradation?
when a gelatinized starch solution is cooled so that the polymer chains begin to reassociate in an ordered structure
which starch undergoes retrogradation faster: amylose or amylopectin?
Amylose
an oligosaccharide composed of glucose, fructose, galactose
raffinose (in beans, digested by gas producing bacteria)
How is HFCS made?
isomerase convert gluc to fruc
what are the steps of industrial production of sugar crystals?
sugar beets–>juice extraction–>juice purification->evaporation–>crystallization–>recrystallization
sweetest sugar?
fructose