Food - proteins, lipids, sugars and carbohydrates

Food!!!

Carbohydrates

• 'Carbohydrate' means 'hydrated carbon' because each carbon in a carbohydrate molecule has water attached to it
• Carbohydrates have the general formula Cx(H2O)n and include starch and sugars.
• A carbohydrate is a very long molecule (polymer) made up of lots of smaller molecules (monomer) ------------>
• 2 monosaccharides join with a condensation reaction to create a disaccharide. This process continues until you get a polysachharide.
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Sugar

Starch

Lipids

Water