1. Answer the following questions:
1. Carbohydrates are the large group of organic compounds occurring in food and living
tissues. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in 2:1 ratio. Carbohydrates can be classified
as simple or complex, depending on their chemical structure.
1. Write down the apparatus required to conduct the activity to test for the presence
of starch in the given food samples.
ii. What are carbohyrates?
iii. Name the food items that contain less amount of carbohydrates,
iv. Which solution is used to check the presence of starch in the given food sample?
v. What are roughages?
Answers
1Any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water (2:1) and typically can be broken down to release energy in the animal body.
1.ii.Our second macronutrient, which is also an essential nutrient, are carbohydrates. ... Saccharide simply means sugar, or sweet. So, simple carbohydrates just have one or two sugar molecules, and complex carbohydrates have three or more sugar molecules, and those are called polysaccharides.
iii.lean meats, such as sirloin, chicken breast, or pork.
fish.
eggs.
leafy green vegetables.
cauliflower and broccoli.
iv.iodine solution
v. fibrous indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs which aids the passage of food and waste products through the gut.