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Honey mainly consists of __________.
Honey mainly consists of __________.
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The correct option is A monosaccharides
Honey gets its sweetness from the monosaccharides, fructose and glucose.
D-Fructose (levulose or fruit sugar) is the sweetest of all sugars. It is found in honey, corn syrup, and in the fruit and other parts of plants. It is much sweeter than sucrose (cane sugar).
It is a ketohexose. Glucose and fructose are formed in equal amounts when sucrose is hydrolyzed by the enzyme invertase or by heating with dilute acid; the resulting equimolar mixture of fructose and glucose, called invert sugar, is the major component of honey.
Fructose is a reducing sugar.
Option A is correct.
Honey gets its sweetness from the monosaccharides, fructose and glucose.
D-Fructose (levulose or fruit sugar) is the sweetest of all sugars. It is found in honey, corn syrup, and in the fruit and other parts of plants. It is much sweeter than sucrose (cane sugar).
It is a ketohexose. Glucose and fructose are formed in equal amounts when sucrose is hydrolyzed by the enzyme invertase or by heating with dilute acid; the resulting equimolar mixture of fructose and glucose, called invert sugar, is the major component of honey.
Fructose is a reducing sugar.
Option A is correct.
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