FOOD GROUPS
May 23rd, 2009
FOOD GROUPS CARBOHYDRATES There are three groups of carbohydrates: starches, dextrines and sugars. Sugars consist either of simple sugar molecules, the monosaccharides, or two of these linked together as disaccharides. Household sugar (sucrose) consists of one molecule each of glucose and fructose, while milk sugar or lactose contains glucose and galactose. In dextrines up to [...]