Carbohydrates

Single sugars Glucose Fructose

Glucose is used in Respiration to give you energy

Double sugars (disaccharides) Maltose (2 glucose units)

Double sugars (disaccharides) Sucrose (glucose + fructose)

Sucrose is every day sugar

Sucrose comes from sugarcane or sugar beets

Sucrose production process

The effect of too much sugar: Obesity Hyperactivity Diabetes And …

Starch is found in: Rice Bread Pasta Potatoes Corn

Starch is probably the most eaten molecule in the world

Starch is a chain of several Glucose molecules

Glucose is the building block for starch, cellulose and glycogen

Glucose, Fructose and other small sugars are tested with Benedict’s solution.

Benedict’s solution Change from blue to red or yellow when Glucose or Fructose is present.

Starch is tested with Iodine Change from brown to purple/black when starch is present.

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