Midterm 2 Flashcards
Midterm 3
Everything the size of an atom or larger is…
a chemical or a collection of chemicals, has a chemical name
Macronutrients are the bulk of our diet: T or F?
True
Carbohydrates
Energy (~4.5 Cal/g)
Carbon (to make other things)
Fiber (no energy)
Sometimes Taste
Suffix of sugars:
-ose
Examples of sugars:
glucose, galactose, fructose
How are sugars classified?
By the number of carbon atoms they have.
What are most foody sugars made of?
Hexoses
Hexose structure and n number:
Cn(H20)n
n=6
Carbohydrates:
Disaccharide composed of 2 monosaccharides: glucose & fructose
dextrose & levulose
grape sugar & fruit sugar
Molasses:
- Concentrate juices from sugar-bearing plants(sugar cane)
- Contains more than just simple sugars
- Various grades & darkness in color
Raw Sugar:
-not 1st crystallization of sugar from boiling down(concentrate) sugar cane extract –> “crystallized cane extract”
Brown Sugar:
- more taste and flavor than white sugar
- holds moisture
Refined sugar:
- Chemical name: Sucrose
- white table sugar: sucrose
- only taste is sweetness
- keeps indefinitely
- source of nutritive energy
T or F: The history of slavery in the New World is tied to sugar harvesting, production, fermentation?
True
Corn Syrup:
- hydrolyzed by acids & enzymes
- less sweet than sucrose
- hygroscopic
- mixture of polymers and fragments
- crystallization of sugars
Suffix of Enzymes:
-ase
Examples of Enzymes:
Invertase, lipase, oxidase
Honey:
Sucrose + H20 –> Glucose + Fructose
-sucrose form plants converted from disaccharide to 2 monosaccharides by “invertase”
Process of adding hydrogen to molecules:
Hydrogenation
Hydrolysis:
process of splitting a molecule apart and adding the equivalent of a water molecule to the products.
- 5 carbon sugar alcohol
- sweetness of sucrose
- anti & non-cariogenic properties
- not regulated by insulin
Xylitol
Xylitol Example:
Trident
What are the issues with artificial sweeteners?
safety concern, implied weight control
Acesulfame-K:
- used in baked goods, frozen deserts, candies, and beverages
- sweeter than sugar/calorie free
Aspartame:
-aspartic acid, phenylalanine
General uses of fats and oils:
foods soaps candles paints lubricants bio-diesel
Glycerol building blocks?
Fattty acids
Roles of fats:
Energy source Texture Adipose Essential fattty acids Fat soluble vitamins: A, D, E, K Flavor Heat transfer Fatty acid isomers (trans fats)
Calorie
Amount of energy it takes to raise water 1 degree C
Recommendation for fat intake:
Eat less than 35% of diet in fats and oils
Triglyceride hydrolysis:
- Using water to break off bonds
- Use enzymes to break down lipids called lipase
Vegetable oil:
triglyceride extracted from a plant
What is the largest in quantity of all edible oils?
Soybean oil
Palm oil:
Largest quantity of all vegetables in the world
Mechanical extraction:
“crushing” or ““pressing”, used to produce more traditional oils
Solvent extraction:
Most common solvent is petroleum-derived hexane
- Used for “newer” industrial oils
- -> soybean & corn oils
How is the oil separated from the seed?
By using solvents (hexane)
By what process is water and oil extracted from the fruit?
Centrifugation
Whats the difference between a fat and an oil?
- Fats are semi-solids at room temp
- oils are liquid at room temp
When discussing fats, labeling is based on:
% by weight
What does diluting water do?
Decreases the % fat(by weight)
Does diluting the water change the % of calories from fat?
No
Low fat type: Simplesse
- made from dairy & egg proteins
- can be powder
- 1 cal vs. 9 cal
Low fat type: Olestra
-Chemically bonded fatty acids into sugar molecules
so large they’re indigestible, pass through and do not absorb
Physical properties of fatty acids:
- Sat. fatty acids have high melting points= ~+65 degree C(fat)
- Mono-unsat. fatty acids have low M.P. = ~+10 degree C(oil)
- Poly-unsat. fatty acids have even lower M.P. =~-10 degree C(oil)
Examples of Saturated fatt acids:
Cocoa butter Butter Dairy Fats Lard Tallow