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Foods are made up of mainly three major ingredients - fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Starches are complex carbohydrates which are produced by green plants in order to store energy. Starch is most common cereals and root vegetables.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoStarches, or carbohydrates, are strings of bonded glucose molecules. Simple starches are quickly converted to sugar in the blood, while complex carbohydrates take longer and usually make you feel more full. The molecular structure of starches helps to explain why people have long-lasting energy after eating them- it is because they have basically just eaten sugars.
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What are starches used for?
Starches are used for energy
How are starches and monosaccharides related?
starches and monosaccharides are carbohydrates, and monosaccharides make up starches, which is a polysaccharide.
What store starches?
The leucoplast stores starches and oils.
What are some starches?
plenty of the starches are found in maize
What is a sentence using the word starches?
The starches will turn blue in the test. The heavy starches in the meal filled them up.
What are smart starches?
smart starches are starches that can instantly or slowly change a powder substance into a thick liquid such as custard or angel delight
What is starches atomic number?
starches is a compound. Copouds does not have atomic numbers.
What are the simple sugars made up of?
Starches... Starches are large molecules made of small simple sugar molecules.
What starches and sugars that provid energy?
All starches and sugars provide energy.
Are starches and sugars are examples of carbohydrates?
yes starches and sugars are and example of carbohydrates
Why are starches called complex carbohydrats?
Complex Carbohydrates is the nutritionist way of saying starches and starches is the scientific/chef way of saying Complex Carbohydrates.
What type of large molecules are Starches?
Starches are of a type of large molecule known as polysaccharides
