Starches found in breads cereals and pasta are made up of long chains of ........

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Starches found in breads, cereals and pasta are made up of long chains of _______.

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SSC CPO 9th Nov 2022 Shift 2

cellulose

glucose

maltose

galactose

- Starches in foods like bread, cereals, and pasta are polysaccharides.

- They consist of long chains of glucose molecules.

- Option 1: Cellulose is another polysaccharide but is not digestible like starch. It's found in plant cell walls.

- Option 2: Glucose is a simple sugar. ?Correct Answer? It's the basic unit of starches.

- Option 3: Maltose is a disaccharide, made of two glucose units.

- Option 4: Galactose is a sugar but is not a building block of starch.

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