5. Which of these statements is incorrect? Give reasons.
(a) Sugarcane juice and water are mixed and heated to form sweet liquid called molasses.
(b) Breakdown of complex substances into simpler substances by anaerobic bacteria is called
fermentation,
(c) Glucose and fructose are the final products of fermentation,
(d) Zymase converts glucose and fructose into ethanol and carbon dioxide.
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Sugarcane juice is used to prepare molasses which on fermentation gives ethanol.
Sugarcane juice contains sucrose. After crystallisation of sucrose from concentrated sugar cane juice, it contains about 50% uncrystallisable cane sugar, glucose and fructose.
Most of the ethanol is manufactured from molasses.
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