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CHAPTER- 1
  FOOD CHEMISTRY

 Food Chemistry is the study of chemical processes

and interactions of all biological and non- biological
components of foods

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 Itcovers the basic composition, structure and
properties of foods and the chemistry changes
occurring during processing and utilization

 Italso covers the chemistry of water, carbohydrates,

proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals and enzymes
  BASIC CONSTITUENTS OF FOOD

 FOOD is any substance usually composed of

carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water etc that can be
eaten or drunk by human for nutrition

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 The constituents of foods are divided into two
MAJOR MINOR
Carbohydrates Vitamins
Fats Minerals
Proteins Enzymes
Pigments
Flavors
& Acids
 There is also the ever present and important
constituent is Water

 All these constituents are arranged in foods to give

the foods their:-

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 Structure
 Texture

 Flavor

 Colour

 & Nutritive value

  CLASSIFICATION OF FOODS

 Foods are classified, according to their functions in

the body

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 Energy Yielding Foods

 This group includes foods rich in carbohydrates &

fats
 1 gm of CHO yields 4 calories

 1gm of fat yields 9 calories

 It is divided into two:-

 Pure Carbohydrates like sugar, fats & oils

 Cereals, pulses, roots & tubers

 Sugars provide energy & Fats and oils also
provide
concentrated source of energy

 Cerealsprovide in addition to energy large amounts

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of proteins, minerals and vitamins in the diet

 Pulsesalso give proteins and vitamins besides

giving energy to the body

 Roots & tubers mainly provide energy but they also

contribute to some extent vitamins & minerals
  BodyBuilding Foods
 Foods rich in proteins are called Body Building
Foods
 They are classified into two groups

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 Milk, Meat, Egg & Fish: – They are rich in proteins
of high biological value. These proteins have all the
essential amino acids in correct proportions for the
synthesis of body tissues

 Pulses, Oil-seeds & Nuts: - They are rich in protein

but may not contain all the essential amino acids
required by the human body
  Protection & Regulation
 Foods rich in proteins, vitamins & minerals have
regulatory functions in the body
 E.g. maintaining heart beat, body temperature,
clotting of blood & excretion of wastes

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 Protective foods are classified into two groups:-
 Foods rich in vitamins, minerals & proteins of
high
biological value
 E.g. Milk, egg, fish & liver

 Foods rich in certain vitamins & minerals only

 E.g. Green leafy vegetables & some fruits

  WATER

 Water is an essential constituent of any

foods
 It may occur as……….

 an intracellular or extracellular

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component in vegetable & animal
products
 as a dispersing medium or solvent in
many foods & as the dispersed phase in
some emulsified products such as butter,
margarine
 & as a minor constituent in some foods
 Thepresence of water in food is
described as the moisture content
or water activity (aw) of the food

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 Moisture refers to the amount of
water present in food while water
activity (aw) refers to the form in
which water exist in the food
  WATER CONTENT OF SOME SELECTED
FOODS
PRODUCTS WATER % PRODUCTS WATER %

Tomato 95 % Cheese 37%

Lettuce 95 % Bread 35%

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Cabbage 92 % Jam 28%
Orange 87 % Honey 20%
Apple 87 % Butter & margarine 16%
Milk 87% Wheat flour 12%
Potato 78 % Rice 12%
Banana 75% Coffee beans roasted 5%
Chicken 70% Milk powder 4%
Meat 65% Shortening 0%
  FORMS OF WATER IN FOODS
 Water exists in 3 forms in foods:-

 Free water

 Absorbed water

 Bound water

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 Chemically, each form of water is the same (H2O), but
differences exist in the physical & chemical
conditions in which water can exist
 The form in which water occurs in foods determines
the physical properties of the food
 For e.g. Fluid milk & apples contain approximately the
same amount of water but have different physical
structures
  FREE WATER
 Most water in foods is called free water

 Free water is lightly entrapped & therefore easily

pressed from food
 It acts as a dispersing agent & solvent & can be

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removed by drying foods

 ADSORBED WATER
 This water associates in layer through
intermolecular
hydrogen bonds around hydrophilic food
molecules
 i.e. the water is held tightly in cell walls or
protoplasm
  BOUND WATER
 Bound water is the water that remains unfrozen at
temperature below 0⁰C usually −20⁰C
 Also it is the amount of water in a food that is
unavailable as a solvent

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 The amount of unfreezable water, based on
protein
content, vary from one food to another

 For E.g., About 8-10 % of the total water in animal

tissue is unavailable for ice formation. Egg white, egg
yolk, meat & fish all contain approximately 0.4gm of
unfreezable water/g of dry protein. Most fruits &
vegetables contain less than 6% unfreezable water
 DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT
 The ease at which H2O is removed from a food by
evaporation depends on its interaction with other
component present

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 Free water is most easily removed from foods by
evaporation, where as more severe conditions are
needed to remove bound water

 Some methods include:-

 Oven drying methods

 Vaccum oven

 Distillation methods
  OVEN DRYING METHODS
 The Sample is weighed. The sample is usually weighed
into a flat bottom shallow dish made up of aluminium
or similar material which will not react with the food nor
pick up water readily

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 Weighed samples are placed in an oven for a specified
time & temperature. The oven temperature is usually
set at 100°C or 105°C & the time varies depending on
the sample
 They are dried until they reach constant mass. The
difference in weight is the water which has evaporated

 % Moisture = Wt of wet sample – Wt of dry sample X 100

Wt of wet sample
  Vaccum oven methods
 Weighed samples are placed under reduced pressure
(typically 25 – 100mm Hg) in a vaccum oven for a
specified time & temperature & their dried mass is
determined

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 The boiling point of water is reduced when it is
placed
under vaccum
 The thermal energy used to evaporate the water is
applied directly to the sample through the metallic shelf
 There is an air inlet & outlet to carry the moisture lost
from the sample out of the vaccum oven, which prevents
the accumulation of moisture within the oven
 Advantage of vaccum oven over conventional oven
drying techniques:-

 Ifthe sample is heated at the same temperature,

drying can be carried out much quicker

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 Lower temperature can be used to remove the
moisture (e.g., 70º C instead of 100º C) & so problems
associated with degradation of heat labile substances
can be reduced
  DISTILLATION METHODS

 Distillation
methods are based on direct measurement
of the amount of water removed from a food simply
by evaporation

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 Distillation
methods are illustrated by the Dean &
stark method

A known weight of food is placed in a flask with an

organic solvent such as xylene or toluene
 Toluene with a B.P of 110.6º C

 Xylene with a B.P of 137º – 140º C

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 THE ORGANIC SOLVENT MUST BE:….
 Insoluble with water

 Have a higher boiling point than water

 Be less dense than water

 & be safe to use

 The flask containing the sample
& the organic solvent is
attached to a condenser & a
graduated glass tube
 Then the mixture is heated
 The water in the sample

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evaporates & moves up into
the condenser where it is
cooled & converted back into
liquid water which is collected
into the graduated tube
 When no more water is
collected in the graduated tube,
distillation is stopped & the
volume of water is read from
the tube
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ACTIVITY
WATER
  WATER ACTIVITY
 Water Activity is the measure of the availability of water
molecule to enter into microbial, enzymatic or chemical
reactions

 It can be represented by the symbol aw

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 The availability determines the shelf life of food

 Regarding the forms of water, bound water is inversely

related to water activity

 As the % of bound water in a food increases the aw

decreases
 aw is calculated as ratio of the water vapour pressure
of the substance divided by the vapour pressure of
pure water at same temperature
 Vapour pressure can be measured by using a
manometer

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 In simpler terms aw is a measure of relative humidity (RH)

 By multiplying aw by 100, the relative humidity (RH ) of

the atmosphere in equilibrium with the food (RH % or
ERH) is obtained

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 The ERH of a product is defined as the relative humidity
of the air surrounding the food at which the product neither
gains nor loses its natural moisture & is in equilibrium with
the environment

RH (%) = 100 X aw

= ERH
100
  WATER ACTIVITY OF SOME
Pure waterFOODS FOOD aw
1
Fresh meat 0.985
Milk 0.97

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Bread 0.96
Potato chips 0.80
Flour 0.72
Raisins 0.60
Macaroni 0.45
Some foods are stable at low moisture content where as
others are stable at relatively high moisture content

E.g.: Peanut oil deteriorates at moisture content above

0.6% where as potato starch is stable at 20%
 Water activity is related to moisture content in a non-
linear relationship known as moisture sorption
isotherm curve

 The relationship between water content & aw is

indicated by the sorption isotherm of a food

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 The plotting of the uptake termed adsorption or the
loss of water termed desorption provides a record of aw
of a particular food at a particular temperature over
varying levels of humidity in the environment

 Theplot of adsorption is not identical with the plot of

desorption
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 Water activity has an important role in food preservation
 Each microorganism has a critical aw below which the

growth cannot occur

 For e.g.: Pathogenic microorganisms cannot grow at aw

below 0.86, Yeast & molds are tolerant & usually no

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growth occurs at or below 0.62
 So aw is important in foods and it is a major factor in

food
spoilage & safety
 Decreased aw retards the growth of microorganisms,

slows enzyme catalyzed reactions & retards non

enzymatic browning
 Lipid oxidation rates are high in aw values from a

minimum at 0.3 – 0.4 to a maximum at a 0.8

Relationshipof Food Deterioration Rate
as a Function of Water Activity

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 With aw at 0.3, the product is most stable with respect
to lipid oxidation, non enzymatic browning,
enzymatic activity & the various microbial
parameters

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 As aw increases towards the right the probability of
the food product deterioration increases

 For decreasing aw & thus improving the shelf life of

food is by the use additives with high water binding
capacity (humectants)

 In addition to common salt, glycerol, & sucrose

have
the potential as humectants
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CARBOHYDRATE
S
  CARBOHYDRATES

 Carbohydrates
are organic compounds made up of
carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen

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 Carbohydrates
are polyhydroxy aldehydes or
polyhydroxy ketones and their derivatives

 Commonly, the hydrogen & oxygen in the

carbohydrates are present in 2:1 ratio as in water, from
which the name carbohydrate (carbon Hydrate) was
derived
 CHO are some times referred as saccharides meaning
sugar

 Simple CHO are called sugars

 One of the simplest carbohydrates is glucose (C6H12O6)

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or monosaccharide & they link together to form more
complex carbohydrates (oligo or polysaccharides )

 The names of most CHO are characterized by ending

“OSE”

 E.g., Glucose
 Lactose - Milk Sugar
 Maltose- Malt sugar
 Fructose- Fruit Sugar
 CHO occur in many plant & animal tissues as well as
microorganisms

 In animal organism the main sugar is glucose &

storage CHO is glycogen, in milk the main sugar is

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the disaccharide lactose

 In plant organism a wide variety of monosaccharides

and oligosaccharides occur & the storage carbohydrate
is starch. The structural polysaccharide of plant is
cellulose

 The gums are a group of polysaccharides obtained

from plants, seaweeds, and microorganisms
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CLASSIFICATION OF
CARBOHYDRATES
 CLASSIFICATION OF

CARBOHYDRATES
 DIGESTABLE & INDIGESTIBLE CHO
 Dietary carbohydrates may be categorized as digestible
& Indigestible based on their ability to digest by
enzymes present in saliva, stomach or intestine

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 DIGESTIBLE:- Dietary CHO may be categorized as
digestible by enzymes present in the saliva, stomach or
intestine or absorbable without digestion
 E.g., Lactose, Sucrose, Human milk, Vegetable starch,
Oligosaccharides

 INDIGESTIBLE:- E.g., Dietary fibers found in cereals,

Vegetables & fruits & fructo oligosaccharides such as
inulin, present in certain vegetables & processed foods
 Depending upon whether or not they undergo
HYDROLYSIS
Monosaccharides Disaccharides Trisaccharides
Polysaccharides
Made up of 2- 6 Made up of 2 Made up of 3 Contain 10 or
carbon units monosaccharides more
monosaccharides monosaccharide
Glucose Sucrose units  Dextrin
(Glucose+Fructose)  Raffinose

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Fructose  Starch
Maltose
Galactose (Glucose+Glucose)  Cellulose

Lactose  Hemicellulose
(Glucose+Galactos)
Pectin

Gums
  MONOSACCHARIDES
 It consists of a single polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone
group and is commonly known as simple sugars

 These can’t be hydrolyzed into simpler forms

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 Serve as the building blocks of complex sugars and
polysaccharides

 E.g. Glucose, Fructose, Galactose

 The general formula is (CH2O)n where n is 3 to 7

 Monosaccharides with 5 & 6 carbon atoms are more

common
 All
the carbon atoms contain one hydroxyl (–OH )
group and except one carbonyl oxygen (as in –CHO, or
C=O)

 Based on functional group monosaccharides are

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classified in 2 types-

 ALDOSES

 KETOSES
 ALDOSES

 Ifthe carbonyl oxygen group is present at the terminal

position, the monosaccharide is an aldehyde
derivative and the sugar is called aldose sugar

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 Eg. Glucose

 The aldoses contain an aldehyde ( ) group

 The aldoses may be represented by the general

formula………..
 KETOSES

 Ifit is present in any other position, the

monosaccharide is a ketone derivative that is known as
ketoses

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 E.g., Fructose

 Ketoses which contain a ketone ( )group

 The ketoses may be represented by the general

formula………
  Numbering of carbon atoms in Monosaccharides
 The carbon atoms are numbered as ………………

C - 1 is an aldehyde functional group & C- 2 is a

ketone functional group

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GLUCOSE FRUCTOSE
 Monosaccharides can further be divided on the basis of
the number of carbon atoms they possess

 The number of carbon atoms in an aldose or ketose

may be specified by

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 Triose

 Tetrose

 Pentose

 Hexoses

 For ex. Glucose with six carbon atom is an

aldohexose Fructose with six carbon atom is a
ketohexose
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF MONOSACCHARIDES
Monosaccharide Specific
Example
No. Called as Aldoses
Carbon Ketoses
atoms

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3 Triose

4 Tetros
e
5 Pentoses

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6 Hexoses
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ISOMERISM OF MONOSACCHARIDES
  ISOMERISM OF MONOSACCHARIDES

 Existence of different compounds having same

molecular formula but different structural forms are
isomers

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 Monosaccharides exhibit a variety of isomerism such
as

 Aldose- Ketose isomerism

 Sterio isomerism

 Optical isomerism
  ALDOSE- KETOSE ISOMERISM
 In a monosaccharide either an aldehyde or a ketone
group is present. The former is called aldose while the
latter is known as Ketose
 Glucose & fructose both have a formula C6H12O6 but

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glucose is an aldohexose (aldehyde bearing hexose) &
fructose is a Ketohexose (Ketone bearing hexose), so
they are isomers to one another
  OPTICAL ISOMERISM
 A compound is said to have optical activity when it
rotates the plane polarized light passing through it
 Two compounds having similar formula may have
different optical activity

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 When a optically active substance rotates the plane of
polarized light in a clockwise direction, it is called as
dextrorotatory or ‘d- isomer’ & when it rotates the
plane polarized light in the anticlockwise direction, it is
laevorotatory or ‘l- isomer’ of the substance
 The d & l isomers are also expressed as (+) & (-)
respectively
 The two forms of glyceraldehydes (d & l forms) rotate
the plane of polarized light in the opposite direction by
the same amount
 As it turns out D- Glyceraldehyde rotates the plane of
polarized light to the right & is therefore dextrorotatory

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labelled as (+) & rotates the plane of polarized light to
the left & is therefore laevorotatory labelled as (-)
  STERIO IOSMERISM

 Itoccurs when the same compound due to different

spatial arrangement of the groups attached to its
asymmetric carbon atom exists in more than one form

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 When any carbon atom of a compound is attached with
four different groups or atoms, it is called an
asymmetric carbon atom
 In the case of Glyceraldehyde the carbon atom C-2 is
unique since it has four different groups (OH, CHO, H,
CH2OH) attached & is therefore an asymmetric
carbon. The C-2 atom is called Chiral carbon atom
 According to this observation monosaccharide have two

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different forms namely D- sugars & L- sugars,
depending on their relation to the direction of the –OH
group on the number 2 carbon atom
 The D- form will have the –OH group next to the
bottom carbon atom (primary Alcohol group) on the
right side, while the L- form will have it on the left
side

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 i.e.,the D- form will have the –OH group on the
right side of the penultimate C- atom (C- atom
away from functional group & near to terminal C-
atom) , while the L- form will have it on the left side
of the penultimate C- atom
 Another type of sterioisomerism known as epimerism
 Two sugars which differ from one another only in the
configuration around a single C- atom is said to be
epimers
 A pair of diasteriomers (optical isomers that are not

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mirror images are called diasteriomers) that differ
only in the configuration around a single carbon atom
are said to be epimers
 These are structural isomers i.e. They have same
molecular formula of C6H12O6 but different
structural formula & consequently they differ in their
physical & chemical properties
 Actually these isomers are formed as a result of
interchange of the – OH & - H on carbon atom 2, 3 & 4
of glucose
 Glucose & Galactose differ in the configuration of a
single carbon atom i.e, carbon atom 4, while glucose &

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mannose differ in a C- atom 2, Compound that differ in
this manner are called as epimers
 Enantiomers:

 TheNon super impossible mirror images of stereo

isomers are known as enantiomers

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STRUCTURE OF
CARBOHYDRATES
  STRUCTURE OF CARBOHYDRATES

 Carbohydrates are represented by three types

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 Fischer Projection

 Haworth Cyclic Structure

 Conformational formula
 FISCHER PROJECTION

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CYCLIC HEMIACETAL FORMS OF D-GLUCOSE

 Aldohexose, Ketohexose & aldo

pentose in solution undergo
cyclisation when treated with

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equivalent amounts of alcohol & form
a Hemiacetal or hemiketal in the
aldose & Ketose respectively

 Theglucose structure contains an

aldehyde group & five hydroxyl
group in the same molecule
 Consequently their can be
intramolecular interaction between
the carbonyl group & one of the
hydroxyl group

 The hydroxyl group on C5 is able to

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react with the carbonyl group on
C1 to produce a closed pyranose
ring

 The reaction results in a ring i.e., the

product is cyclic hemiacetal

 i.e., linking the carbonyl carbon

atom with the other carbon atom by a
C-O-C linkage
 Asa result of cyclisation, carbon one becomes
asymmetric resulting in the formation of two isomers

 Theisomers having the hydroxyl group to the right of

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the C-1 is designated as α- D glucose and the one
having the hydroxyl group on the left of C-1 is
designated as β-D glucose

 The α & β sugars are known as anomers i.e., anomers

differ only in the configuration around C-1 & this
carbon is referred to as anomeric carbon
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  HAWORTH CYCLIC STRUCTURE

 The Fischer projection don’t accurately describe the

true shape of the cyclic hemiacetal forms of glucose

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 SoW. N. Haworth (English Chemist) suggested a new
formulation, in which rings are written as flat or
planar hexagons, is more correct
 Thesix membered ring shown for α & β- D glucose is
known as pyran ring because pyran is the name of a
heterocyclic compound whose ring consists of five
carbon atoms & one oxygen atom

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 AnyCHO containing a six membered ring is called
pyranose & its glycosides are called pyranosides
 TheHaworth formula for α– D glucose shows the C1 -
OH group below the plane of the pyranose ring, for
β- D glucose C1 alcohol pointing above the plane of
pyranose ring

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 i.e.,
the α- form has the – OH group on the opposite
side from the – CH2OH & β- form has the –OH group
on the same side as the CH2OH group

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A carbohydrate containing a five membered ring is
called furanose because furan is the name of a
heterocyclic compound whose ring consists of four
carbon & one oxygen atom
 The glycosides of furanose are called furanosides

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  CONFORMATIONAL
FORMULA
 The sugar ring in the Haworth structure is not planar
& therefore it does not represent the correct
conformation of monosaccharide. So conformational

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formula’s are used
 There are two types

 Boat Conformer

 Chair Conformer

 The chair conformer is more stable than boat form

 Thestable chair conformational formula of α-D
glucose & β- D glucose are……

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 BOAT
CONFORMER
α-D glucose (boat form) β-D-Glucose(boat form)

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  PROPERTIES OF MONOSACCHARIDES:

 The taste is sweet

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 They are solid at room temperature

 They are soluble in water because of the hydroxyl

group; the very concentrated solutions are thick
 E.g.: Honey
 They are reducing sugars containing potential
reducing group such as free aldehydes or ketone have
the ability to reduce Fehling’s solution & Tollen’s
reagent are referred to as reducing sugars
 E.g.; glucose & fructose

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 Aldoses have an aldehyde (CHO) group can be easily
oxidised to COOH (Carboxylic group). For this reason
they are called reducing sugars

CHO
COOH

 Ketose have a hydroxyl (–OH) group on the carbon

next to the carbonyl group which can be oxidised &
  MUTAROTATION
 D- glucose can be obtained in two forms - α form & β
form
 α form has a melting point 146° C & a specific
rotation of +113º

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 β form has a melting point of 150° C & a specific
rotation of +19º
 If either form of these crystalline form is dissolved in
water & allowed to stand, the specific rotation of the
solution so prepared changes gradually until a final
value of +53° is obtained
 Its spontaneous change of this kind in the specific
rotation of a solution of an optically active compound
is called mutarotation
 Ability to exists either a linear or ring structure

 In
monosaccharide 5 carbon atom mainly exist in
cyclic form

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6membered ring is called pyranose ring & five
membered rings are called furanose ring

6
5
 Optical Rotation (Refer)

 These sugars are readily fermented by

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microorganisms

 They prevent the growth of microorganisms in high

concentration so they may be used as
preservatives
  CARAMELIZATION

 Itis non- enzymatic browning

 Caramelization occurs during dry heating and roasting
of foods with a high concentration of carbohydrates
(sugars)

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 When sugars are subjected to heat in the absence of
water or are heated in concentrated solutions a series of
reactions occur that finally leads to caramel formation
 Typical caramel flavor is the result of a number of
sugar fragmentation reactions (flavour production) &
dehydration products, including diacetyl, acetic acid
& formic acid
 Caramelization results from the action of the heat on
sugars at about 175° C
 At high temperature sugars dehydrate, break down
& polymerize (polymerization reactions, colour
production) into viscous caramels, the chemical
changes associated with melting sugars result in a
deep brown amber color & new flavors

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 E.g., is the Browning of bread- when toasted in
which, caramelization takes place under the
oven heat
& the sugar adds golden brown, flavorful & slightly
crisp surface that tastes great & helps retain moisture
in the product

 Once the melting point has been obtained the

sugars
 Each sugar has its own caramelization temperature

 Galactose
 Sucrose Caramelize at about 160° C
 & glucose

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 But fructose caramelizes at 110° C

 & maltose caramelizes at about 180° C

 Caramel has a pungent taste, is often bitter, is much

less sweet than the original sugar from which it is
produced & soluble in water
 PROCESS OF
CARAMELIZATION
Melting of the sugar at high temperatures
Foaming (boiling),sugar decomposes into glucose & fructose

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Condensation, individual sugars lose water and react with each
other, for example difructose-anhydride

Isomerization of aldoses to ketoses and further dehydration reactions

Last reactions include both fragmentation reactions (flavour

production) and polymerization reactions (colour
production).
Diacetyl is an important flavour compound, produced
during the first stages of Caramelization. Diacetyl is mainly
responsible for a buttery or butterscotch flavour
 Commercial caramels are produced directly by
heating sugar, or by heating sugar in the presence of
co-factors, such as ammonia or sulphite
 This results in caramels with different colours or
charged caramels

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 These aspects are very important for the use of
different caramels in foods
 Caramels used to colour soft drinks should be
negatively charged to prevent reaction with
phosphates which causes precipitation and loss of
colour
 On the other hand, caramels used for bakery goods
should be positively charged
 Thehighest rate of the colour development is caused
by fructose as Caramelization of fructose starts at
lower temperature

 Baked goods made from honey or fructose syrup thus

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are generally a bit darker than those made with sugar

 Caramels are complex mixture of various high

molecular weight components. They can be classified
into three groups:
 Caramelans (C24H36O18)

 Caramelens (C36H50O25)

 Caramelins (C125H188O80)
  ESTERIFICATION

 As monosaccharides posses hydroxyl groups (-OH),

they form esters with acids

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 E.g.,
esterification of glucose to Glucose - 6-
phosphate
  OXIDATION REACTION

 Mild oxidizing agents such as sodium hypoiodite

(NaOI) & bromine water oxidize aldose to aldonic
acids when –CHO (aldehyde group) of the aldose is

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converted to – COOH (Carboxylic group)

 Ex. Glucose is oxidized to gluconic acid

 On the other hand, strong oxidizing agents such as

nitric acid oxidizes aldose to glucaric (aldaric)
acid

 Here both –CHO & CH2OH are oxidized to –

COOH
 As ketoses don’t undergo oxidation, this reaction used
to distinguish an aldose from a ketose

 Dilutehydrochloric acid (HCl) oxidizes only the

terminal –CH2OH group with the formation of

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uronic acid
 Glucose is then oxidized to glucuronic acid
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DERIVED MONOSACCHARIDES
  DERIVED MONOSACCHARIDES

 This group includes compound which are structurally

similar to the monosaccharides but deviating from

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them in some regard

 There are two important derivatives

 DEOXY SUGARS

 AMINO SUGARS
  DEOXY SUGARS

 Sugars in which one of the hydroxyl group

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is replaced by a hydrogen atom are known
as deoxy sugars

 Thecommon example is deoxy ribose

found in nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic
acids (DNA)
  AMINO SUGARS

 Sugars in which hydroxyl group has been replaced

by an amino group are known as amino sugars

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 For example D- Glucosamine, D- galactosamine, D-
mannosamine, all of these are found in a wide variety
of biological materials

 Glucosamine is the product of hydrolysis of chitin,

the major polysaccharide of shells of insects &
crustaceans
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OLIGOSACCHARIDES
  OLIGOSACCHARIDES

 Theoligosaccharides are carbohydrates contain 2 to 6

monosaccharide units joined by a linkage known as
glycosidic linkage

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 Theyare classified as di, tri, tetrasaccharides etc
depending on the number of subunits

 They can be hydrolyzed by acids or enzymes into

their subunits
  DISACCHARIDES
 These are formed when 2 monosaccharide molecules
joined together with the elimination of one molecule
of water
 i.e., these consists of two monosaccharide units/
molecules joined by glycosidic linkage

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 They have the general formula C12H22O11, upon
hydrolysis which yield two monosaccharide
molecules

 Ex. of disaccharides are :-

 Sucrose, Lactose, Maltose

  SUCROSE

 It is the ordinary household sugar

 The most common sources are sugar cane & sugar

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beets

 In sucrose both the carbonyl groups are involved in

the formation of glycosidic bond

 So sucrose contains no active group i.e., both the

reducing groups are involved in linkage, so it is a
non- reducing sugar
 Itis formed by the elimination of a molecule of water
from α- D- Glucose & β- D- fructose

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 The figures in brackets indicate the position of the
glycosidic linkage between the two monosaccharide
units
  MALTOSE

 It is α–D glucosyl- 1, 4 – D glucose

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 Maltoseis a malt sugar, found in germinating cereals,
produced during digestion of starch into glucose

 It’s
a reducing sugar because only one reducing
group forms the linkage

 On hydrolysis yields two molecules of glucose

 Maltoseconsists of 2 molecules of glucose with a
glycosidic linkage formed between the anomeric
hydroxyl of one glucose unit & the hydroxyl on the
fourth carbon atom

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  ISOMATOSE

 Itsstructure is similar to maltose, except it has an α-

1,6 glycosidic linkage

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α D glucopyranosyl (1,6)- α D glucopyranose
  LACTOSE
 It
is milk sugar found in
milk of mammals

 Less sweet than sucrose

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 It’s a reducing sugar
because the reducing groups
of glucose doesn't take part
in linkage

 On hydrolysis yields one

molecule each of glucose &
galactose
  LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
 Lactose as such cannot be absorbed in blood stream
unless it is first hydrolyzed into monosaccharide units
 Lactase is an enzyme that specifically breaks the β
1,4 glycosidic linkage of lactose yielding equimolar

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mixture of glucose & galactose
 Some individuals don’t have the capacity to produce
enough lactase in their body so lactose is not
hydrolyzed and absorbed. This condition is known as
lactose intolerance
 In lactose intolerant individuals, lactose ingested in
large amounts in the form of milk causes watery
diarrhoea, nausea, abdominal pains etc.
  TREHALOSE

 It is found in mushroom, yeast, & fungi

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 It’s
a non reducing sugar because both reducing
groups of glucose are involved in linkage

 On hydrolysis yields two molecules of glucose

 It is α D-glucopyranosyl (1-1) α D glucopyranose

  CELLOBIOSE

 It doesn’t occur in nature

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 Itis formed as an intermediate product during the
acidic hydrolysis of cellulose

 In structure it is similar to that of maltose except that

it has the β configuration at its glycosidic component

 On hydrolysis it yields glucose

  TRISACCHARIDES

 Some trisaccharides are freely available in nature

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 Trisaccharides
are oligosaccharides composed of 3
monosaccharides with two glycosidic bonds connecting
them

 Theyare not common in food but are formed during

breakdown of starch into simpler sugars
 One important member of this group is raffinose, which
is made up of the derivative of galactose, glucose &
fructose
 It is not hydrolyzed by enzymes of digestive tract of
human beings, it passes to the colon where it is

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fermented by bacterial enzymes producing gas
 Raffinose occur in small amounts in many foods
and in
fair amount in beetroot & cotton seed meal
  TETRASACCHARIDE

 Stachyose is a tetrasaccharide

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 It
is made up of 2 molecules of galactose, 1
molecule of glucose, 1 molecule of fructose

 i.e.,
α- D galactopyranose (1,6), α D-
galactopyranose (1,6), α- D glucopyranose (1,2)
β D- fructofuranose
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 i.e.,Raffinose & stachyose are formed by the
addition of one & two galactose residue respectively
to a sucrose molecules
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 Galactose: - It is found in combination with glucose in the
disaccharide lactose in milk. This sugar is converted to
Glucose in human body

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 Ketoses – If the carbonyl group is present at any other
position the monosaccharide is a ketone derivative and
the sugar is called ketose sugar
 E.g., Fructose: - It is the sweetest of all sugars & is also
known as fruit sugar because it is found in fruits &
honey. In human body it is converted to glucose &

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oxidized as a source of energy
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 POLYSACCHARIDES
 Polysaccharides are produced when many monosaccharide
are joined together by glycosidic linkage. Polysaccharides yield
units
more than 6 molecules of monosaccharides on
hydrolysis .Some polysaccharides are linear & others are highly
branched
 Chemically polysaccharides are of two types:-

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 Homo polysaccharides / Homoglycans
 Which possess only one type of monosaccharides
 E.g., Starch, cellulose, glycogen
 Here glucose is the monosaccharide units
 Hetero polysaccharides / Heteroglycans
 Which are formed by more than one type of monosaccharides
 E.g. Hyaluronic acid
 Here monosaccharide units include glucuronic acid, N- acetyl
glucosamine

 HOMOPOLYSACCHARIDE
 STARCH :

 Starch contains only glucose residues & is found as a

storage carbohydrate in plants. Potato, wheat, rice, corn,
tapioca etc are some of the common food sources of

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starch in our diet. It occurs as small granules with the
size range & appearance characteristics to each plant
species
 Starch is mainly used in foods to modify texture &
consistency, to bind H₂O, to thicken the foods & to
form soft spoonable gels. Natural starch is insoluble
in water
& gives blue color when treated with iodine solution

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 Starch consists of two forms: - The straight chain
polysaccharide called amylose, branched chain
polysaccharide called amylopectin. Most natural starches
are mixture of these two. Normally 65-85% of starch is
amylopectin and 15-35% is amylose
 AMYLOSE:
 It is a straight chain polysaccharide formed by 250-300
glucose residues, linked by α (1→4) glycosidic linkage.
Amylose is soluble in water and gives deep blue colour
with iodine. Amylose increases gel strength

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
 AMYLOPECTIN:
 It is a highly branched polymer of glucose. In this
molecule branching occurs at intervals of 24-30
glucose residues. Glucose units of the main chain are
joined by α (1→4) glycosidic linkage (similar to amylose)

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and the glucose units at the branch are joined by α
(1→6) glycosidic linkage to the main chain. It has about
3000- 6000 glucose units. It is insoluble in water.
Amylopectin with iodine gives red to violet colour.
Amylopectin decreases gel strength and viscosity
 Starch hydrolyzing enzymes:

 Hydrolysis of starch by enzymes give shorter chain of
glucose units called dextrins, maltose and finally
D- glucose
 Starch → Dextrins → Maltose → D-glucose

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 Dextrins are polysaccharides formed by partial hydrolysis
of starch
 There are different enzymes widely distributed in nature
react with starch mainly:-
 α -amylase:-
 α -amylase cleaves both amylose and amylopectin
molecules internally, producing oligosaccharides.
The large oligosaccharides, may be singly,
 doubly, triply branched through 1→6 linkages.
Since amylase acts only on the 1→4 linkages of
starch
 β-amylase:

 They release the disaccharide maltose sequentially from

the non-reducing end of amylose & amylopectin, but it

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cannot cleave 1→6 linkages at branch points. So we use
debranching enzymes like isoamylase and pullulanase.
These enzymes catalyse the hydrolysis of 1→6
linkages in amylopectin producing numerous linear but
low molecular weight molecules

 PROPERTIES OF
 STARCH:
 Starch gelatinization:
 Starch is insoluble in cold water but in warm water it
swells until its gelatinization temperature begins to lose
its structure and leaches out its constituents. This act of

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converting into a substance like jelly is called
gelatinization. It is a phenomenon which takes place in
the presence of heat and moisture. Cooking the starch to
100° C disrupts H- bonding & causes swelling of the
granule & solubilization of the constituent starch
polymers. The suspension increases in viscosity,
becomes less opaque & eventually forms a paste. This
process is referred to as gelatinization. During
gelatinization, water is absorbed & as a result, the starch
granule swells irreversibly to several times of its size
 Gelatinization occurs in 3 stages:
 The first stage is imbibition (to absorb) 25-30%
water. The viscosity of starch water mixture does not
change. This change is reversible because the starch
may be dried again with no observable change in
structure

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 2nd stage occurs at approximately 65° C, when the
granules begin to swell rapidly & take up large amount of
water. The granules change in appearance. This change
is not reversible. Some amylose are leached out from the
granules
 The 3rd stage is marked by more swelling, enlargement of
starch granules & finally the granules ruptures; the
viscosity of fluid increases & the starch granules stick
together
 The swelling of starch, particularly amylose, which
results in an increase in viscosity of a starch-water
mixture & the formation of a gel is occur through the
binding of water
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 RETROGRADATION

 In a very dilute solution of starch the individual

amylose molecules are not sufficiently entangled to
produce a gel,so that the growing micelles eventually

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cause precipitation. This is known as retrogradation
 Retogradation of cooked starch involves both
amylose
& amylopectin.
 Amylose undergoing retrogradation at much more
rapid rate than amylopectin
 It is initiated after the removal of a gelatinized starch-
water dispersion from the heat
 i.e.retrogradation is a reaction that takes place in
gelatinized starch ,when the amylose & amylopectin
chains realign themselves causing the liquid to gel

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 When native starch is heated & dissolved in water the
crystalline structure of amylose & amylopectin
molecules are lost & they hydrate to form a viscous
solution .If the viscous solution is cooled or left at
lower temp. for long enough period ,the linear
molecules of amylose & linear parts of amylopectin
molecules are retrograded & rearranged themselves
again to a more crystalline structure .This is due to
intermolecular hydrogen bond formation b/w
linear amylose molecules especially.
 Rate of retrogradation depends on:-
 Molecular ratio of amylose to amylopectin

 Structure of amylose & amylopectin molecules

 Temperature

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 Starch concentration

 Presence of surfactants & salts

 Quality defects occurs due to retrogradation
are:-
 Bread staling

 Loss of viscosity & precipitation in soups &

sauces
 Deceased storage stability
 TO AVOID RETROGRADATION USE :-

 Amylopectin starch
which attract small
side chains that will

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acts as a steric
hindrance to
re crystallisation

 Modified starch
 STALIN
 The change in G
texture & flavor of starch
based products during storage is called
staling
 The pdt becomes dry & hard often

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caused by starch retrogradation
 Mainly occurs in bread

 Stale bread is dry & leathery

 Staling is not simply a drying out process

due to evaporation .Bread will stale even in
moist environment
 Staling begins as soon as baking is complete & the
pdt.begins to cool, because the basic cause of
bread staling is a change in the nature of starch
 i.e. in fresh bread the starch exist in alpha form .At
temp.below 53 C the alpha form is unstable &
some of its change to beta form
 Alpha starch has a greater water holding capacity

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than beta starch & hence the change from alpha to
beta starch is accompanied by an exudation of
water from starch .This water was taken up by
gluten
 Above 55 C alpha starch is stable & doesn’t
change to beta starch & hence bread stored at
this temp. will not stale . But this is not a
practical solution to the problem
 Stalingof baked goods is noted by an increase in crumb
firmness & loss in product freshness
 To retard crumb firming use :-
 Glyceryl monopalmitate (GMP)
 Sodium stearoyl-2- lactylate (SSL)

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These are incorporated in the dough of bread & other
baked goods to increase shelf life
 Staling can be delayed also by storing bread at -20 C
.Bread that has staled with little loss of moisture can be
refreshed by heating
Rate of staling depends on:-
 Product formulation
 Baking process
 Storage conditions
 STARCH DEXTRINIZATION
 Dextinization of starch may occur in food items due
to either enzymes ,heat or acid /alkali stress
 Dextrinization or pyroconversion is brought about by
the

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action of heat on dry powdered starch
 Usually the heat treatment is carried out with added
hydrochloric/ phosphoric acid at levels of 0.15 & 0.17
% respectively
 After the addition of the acid, the starch is dried &
heated in a cooker at a temp. ranging from 100-
200 C
 Two types of reactions occur:-

 Hyrolysis

 Transglucosidation
 Hydrolysis:-
 At low degree of conversion, hydrolysis is the main
reaction & the resulting product is known as white
dextrin
 Transglucosidation:-

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 It involves initial hydrolysis of alpha 1,4 glycosidic
bonds & recombination with free hydroxyl groups at
other locations
 In this manner new randomly branched structures
or dextrins are formed ,this reaction happens in the
more highly converted products known as yellow
dextrins
 The dextrins have film forming properties & are
used for coating & as binders
 For eg. When flour is heated until brown ,the
starch granules undergo a process known
as dextrinization
 Dextrins are fragments of starch molecules

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composed of chains of glucose
molecules .
 As the starch undergoes dextrinization ,it
loses its thickening power
 Extensive dextrinization as occur when flour
is browned with dry heat , may cut the
thickening power as much as one half
 MODIFIED STARCH:-
 Food starches, which have one or more of their
original characteristics altered by treatment in
accordance with good manufacturing practice
are referred to as modified starches

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 It can be either physical or chemical

 It can be modified by acid treatment,enzyme

treatment,cross bonding,substitution,oxidation &
heat.
 By slight & relatively simple modifications
Positive attributes of starches can be greatly
improved & or negative characteristics
diminished
 Modification of native starch are designed to
change :-
 Gelatinization temperature & cooking
characteristics
 Retrogradation characteristics

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 Resistance to change in viscosity of pastes due to
acid conditions ,mechanical shear ,high temp.
etc.
 Uses of modified starch
 To improve :-
 Viscosity
 Shelf stability
 Texture
 Appearance & emulsification
 SOME IMP. MODIFIED STARCHES
ARE:-
1.
 Pre-gelatinized
It starch :- modified starch
is the major physically
 It is an instant starch
Starch gelatinized

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
dried pregelatinized starch
 It subsequently swells in liquid without
the
application of heat
 It is used in all cases where a cold water
paste is needed such as in convenience
foods & in instant pudding mixes
2. ACID MODIFIED STARCH:-
 It is prepared by treating the suspension of
native starch with dil.acid at temp. below the
gelatinization temp.(50 C)
When the desired viscosity obtained after

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
treatment the acid is neutralized & the starch is
recovered by centrifugation / filtration & then
washed & dried
 It appears less viscous in hot form, but forms a
thick gel upon cooling
 It is used in the manufacture of gum candies
 3.OXIDIZED STARCH (BLEACHING)

 The bleach most commonly used is sodium

hypochlorite
 It is prepared by treating the starch slurry with

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sodium hypochlorite at 21-38 C
 During the bleaching process the starch is
oxidized
 Small amounts of carboxyl /carbonyl groups
are
introduced & some glycosidic bonds are
cleaved
 The product obtained have hydroxyl group per
25-50 glucose residue
 THE ADV. OF THIS STARCH IS :-
 It decreases pasting temp.

 Decreases thickening power

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 Decreases the tendency to retrograde

 Itis used as a lower viscosity filler for salad

dressings & mayonnaise
 4. STARCH ESTERS
 Starch monophosphate ester is produced by dry
heating of starch with alkaline orthophosphate
/alkaline triphosphate at 120-175 C

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 The thickening & paste clarity properties of the
esterified starch are better than in corresponding
native starch
 Esterified starch has an improved freeze thaw
stability
 It is used as thickeners & stabilizers in bakery
products ,soups powders ,sauces & pudding
PRODUCT CONTAINING MODIFIED STARCH & THEIR ACTION
product Modified starch How does it work

Instant desserts Enable the product Starch is added in a

to thicken without pregelatinized form
requiring heat which swells in cold
water ,thickening

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the product without
use of heat

Jelly beans Produces a very Starch is treated

strong gel coating with an acid to
produce a very
strong gel .this
forms the shell of
the jelly bean
Battered Fish Improves the Oxidation of starch
adhesion of the can improve its
coating binding properties
,which can be used to
increase the
stickiness of foods,
such as batter applied
fish

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Canned soups Prevents product from Bonding starch with
separating on standing phosphate allows the
starch to absorb more
water & helps keeps the
ingredients of the soup
together
 RETROGRADATION

 In a very dilute solution of starch the individual amylose

molecules are not sufficiently entangled to produce a gel, so
that the growing micelles eventually cause precipitation. This
is known as retrogradation. Retrogradation of cooked starch
involves both amylose & amylopectin, amylose undergoing
retrogradation at much more rapid rate than amylopectin.

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Retrogradation is a reaction that takes place in gelatinized
starch, when the amylose & amylopectin chains realign
themselves causing the liquid to gel. When native starch is
heated & dissolved in water, the crystalline structure of
amylose & amylopectin molecules are lost & they hydrate to
form a viscous solution. If the viscous solution is cooled or left
at lower temperature for long enough period, the linear
molecules of amylose & linear parts of amylopectin molecules
are retrograded & rearranged themselves again to a more
crystalline structure. This is due to intermolecular hydrogen
bond formation between linear amylose molecules especially
 GLYCOGEN

 It is the storage polysaccharide found in the muscle &

liver of animals & humans
 It is a branched polymer having about 8-10
glucose units in each branch

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 Each glycogen molecules may contain 5000-10,000
glucose units
 It is non-reducing, readily soluble in water & gives red
colour with iodine
 Like amylopectin, its straight chains are formed by alpha
1-4glycosidic linkages & alpha 1-6 glycosidic linkages
exist at branch points
 It is similar to amylopectin in chemical structure but is
much more branched & of high molecular weight
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 These are the substances which are produced in

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the course of the hydrolytic breakdown of starch
 Dextrins are polymers of D-glucose held by
alpha
(1,4) glycosidic linkages
 Dextrins are formed due to partial hydrolysis of
starch by enzymes such as salivary amylase, dil.
mineral acids or heat
 Dextrins form sticky solutions in water,
when hydrolyzed yield maltose & finally
glucose
 CELLULOSE
 It is the main constituent of plant cell walls

 It is a polymer of beta-glucose with beta 1-4 linkages b/w

glucose units
 This doesn’t occur in the animal body

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 It is a homopolymer of glucose like starch, except
the linkages joining the glucose units are beta 1-4
rather than alpha 1-4
 Strong hydrochloric acid hydrolyses cellulose to
glucose
 Cellulose & its modified forms serve as dietary fiber
because they don’t contribute significant calories as they
pass through the human digestive system
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Beta (1-4) glycosidic linkage in
cellulose
 PECTIN
 It is found in fruits & vegs. & mainly prepared from waste
citrus peel & apple skin
 It is generally soluble in water & insoluble in most
organic solvents

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 Pectins are mainly used as gelling agents ,but
also acts
as a thickener, water binder & stabilizer
 HETEROPOLYSACCHARIDE
S
 GUMS

 This large group of polysaccharides & their derivatives is

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characterized by its ability to give highly viscous
solutions at low concentrations
 Gums are widely used in the food industry as gelling,
stabilizing, & suspending agents
 This group includes naturally occurring compounds as well
as their derivatives such as exudate gums, seaweed
gums, seed gums, microbial gums etc.
 SOME IMPORTANT
GUMS
SOURCES GUMS
Algal polysaccharides Agar
Alginate
Carrageenan

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Seed Gums Locust bean Gum
Guar gum
Tree exudate gums Gum arabic
Gum ghatti
Gum karaya
Gum tragacanth
Microbial polysaccharides Xanthan gum
Gellan Gum
 FIBRES & THEIR ROLE IN HUMAN DIET
 Dietary fiber is a complex mixture of plant materials that
are resistant to breakdown by the human digestive
system
 i.e., Dietary fiber is the edible part of plants that are

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resistant to digestion & absorption in the human small
intestine (can not be broken down by human
digestive enzymes) although micro-organisms that live
in the large intestine are able to digest fiber
 COMPONENTS OF DIETARY FIBER:-
 On the basis of solubility components are classified
into:-
INSOLUBLE DF SOLUBLE DF

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CELLULOSE PECTIN

SOME HEMI CELLULOSE GUMS

LIGNIN MUCILAGES/BETA GLUCAN

 Insoluble fiber is most frequently found in whole-grain
products such as whole-wheat bread, Wheat & corn bran,
tomato peel etc
 Insoluble fiber possess water attracting properties that
help to increase bulk, soften stool & shorten transit time
through the intestinal tract

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 Foods containing soluble fibers are fruits, vegetables,
dry beans and peas, and some cereals such as oats
 Soluble fiber undergoes metabolic processing through
fermentation yielding end products with broad,
significant health effects
 HEALTH BENEFITS OF DIETARY FIBER

 Both soluble and insoluble dietary fibre can promote a number
of positive physiological effects, helping to prevent
constipation, lower blood cholesterol levels and control blood
glucose levels

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 A low fibre intake is associated with constipation and some gut
diseases such as bowel cancer
 Sources of insoluble fibre can act as bulking (laxative) agents
and an increase in fibre intake should be accompanied by an
increase in water intake thus help to prevent constipation
 Soluble forms of fibre eaten in large amounts can help reduce
blood cholesterol levels
 They can also help people with diabetes to control their blood
glucose levels

 DIETARY FIBER & COLON CANCER:-
 Fruits, veg. & grains, in addition to fibre, also contain a
variety of anti carcinogenic compounds which may
contribute to this protective effect
 Several mechanism have been formulated by which

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fiber may provide protection action against colon cancer
.These include :-
 Fibre that increases stool bulk results in the dilution of
carcinogens
 Fibre also decreases transit time thereby reducing
the
interaction of carcinogens with colonic mucosal cells
 Fiber binds potential carcinogens
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 CELLULOSE
 It is the main constituent of plant cell walls
 It is a polymer of beta-glucose with beta 1-

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4 linkages b/w glucose units
 This doesn’t occur in the animal body

 It is a homopolymer of glucose like

strach,except the linkages joining the
glucose units are beta 1-4 rather than
alpha1-4
 Strong hydrochloric acid hydrolyses cellulose
to glucose (i.e. hydrolysis of cellulose leads to
cellobiose & finally to glucose )
 Cellulose & its modified forms serve as
dietary fiber because they don’t contribute
significant calories as they pass through the
human digestive system

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 STRUCTURE OF CELLULOSE

Beta (1-4) glycosidic linkage in cellulose

 SOME IMPORTANT FORMS OF CELLULOSE
 POWDERED CELLULOSE
 High quality cellulose can be obtained from wood

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through pulping & subsequent purification
 The manufacture of powdered cellulose begins with
wood pulp that undergoes a series of bleaching
steps & drying ,following drying the pure white
cellulose is cut into desired fiber length by mill/by
cutters
 Wood pulp
bleaching steps drying (series)

cut into desired fiber length pure white

cellulose
 ADV: OF POWDERED CELLULOSE(P.C)
 Reduced calorie baked goods made with

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P.C have an increased content of dietary
fiber ,stay moist & fresh longer
 The P.C used in foods has negligible
flavor, color & microbial contamination
 P.C is added to bread to provide non-
calorie bulk
CARBOXY METHYL CELLULOSE(CMC)
 CMC is a linear, long chain, water
soluble, modified polysaccharide
 It is a derivative of cellulose made by its
reaction with alkali & chloroacetic acid

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 Purified CMC is white to cream colored;
tasteless, odorless, & free-flowing
powder
 CMC is soluble in cold water & mainly used
for controlling viscosity without gelling
 As its viscosity drops during heating, it may be
used to improve the volume yield during
baking by encouraging gas bubble formation

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 Its control of viscosity allows use as thickener
& emulsion stabilizer(eg. with milk casein )
 CMC is used in the manufacture of ice
cream
 It contributes a good body & smooth texture,
retards the enlargement of ice crystals during
storage & improves the melting characteristics
 FOOD APPLICATION OF
FOOD CMC FUNCTION PROPERTIES
UTILIZED

BAKED GOODS Adhesion Film formation,

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viscosity

BEVERAGES Body, Rheological

texturized dispersant
stabilizer
MILK & Stabilization Interaction with
YOGHURT milk protein,
DRINKS dispersant
Sauces, Stabilization, Rheological
syrups& thickening
Topping
 MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE

 Itis made by hydrolysis of purified wood

pulp,followed by separation of the constituent
micro crystals of cellulose

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 Two types of micro crystalline cellulose are
produced
1. Powdered MCC

2. Colloidal MCC
 Powdered MCC & Colloidal MCC are stable
to both heat & acids
 POWDERED MCC
It is a spray dried product
Used as a flavor carrier

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Used as an anti caking
agent (shredded
cheese)

COLLOIDAL MCC
To make colloidal MCC
considerable
mechanical energy is applied after hydrolysis
It is a water dispersible
 FUNCTIONS OF COLLOIDAL MCC
 To stabilize foams & emulsions

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especially during high temp. processing
 To improve adhesion

 To replace fat & oil

 To control ice crystal growth

 Stabilize pectin & starch gels

 GLYCOGE
N
 It is the storage polysaccharide found in
the muscle & liver of animals & humans
 It is a branched polymer having about 8-
10
glucose units in each branch

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 Each glycogen molecules may contain
5000- 10,000 glucose units
 It is non-reducing,readily soluble in water &
gives red colour with iodine
 Like amylopectin, its straight chains are
formed by alpha 1-4 glycosidic linkages &
alpha 1-6 glycosidic linkages exist at branch
points
 It is similar to amylopectin in chemical structure
but is much more branched & of high
molecular weight
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 DEXTRINS
 These are the substances which are
produced in the course of the hydrolytic
breakdown of starch

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 Dextrins are polymers of D-glucose held by
alpha (1,4) glycosidic linkages
 Dextrins are formed due to partial hydrolysis
of starch by enzymes such as salivary
amylase
,dil. mineral acids or heat
 Dextrins form sticky solutions in water,
when hydrolysed yield maltose & finally
glucose
 INULIN
 It is a starch found in tubers & roots
 It can be hydrolyzed to give fructose

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 Inulin is a plant polysaccharide made up of
fructose , soluble in warm water & doesn’t
give any colour with iodine
 Inulins have sweet taste & are present in
many vegs. & fruits including onion, garlic,
bananas, asparagus etc
 Inulins are polymers consisting of fructose
units that typically have a terminal glucose
INULIN STRUCTURE

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 PECTIN
 Pectic substances are polysaccharides
of galacturonic acid or of its methyl ester
 It is an acidic structural polysaccharide ,found
in fruits & vegs. & mainly prepared from

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waste citrus peel & apple skin
 It is generally soluble in water & insoluble in
most organic solvents
 Pectins are mainly used as gelling
agents ,but also acts as a thickener, water
binder & stabilizer
 Two types of pectin :- Low & High methoxyl
& these forms different kinds of gels
 Low methoxyl (LM) pectin has a degree of
methylation of 25-50 % & forms calcium
 In LM pectin gels, calcium ions acts as a bridge
b/w neighboring pectin molecules
 Low methoxy pectins form thermoreversible
gels in the presence of calcium ions & at
low pH (3-4.5)
 The lower methoxy content ,the slower is

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the setting
 High methoxyl (HM) pectin has 50-80 %
methylation & forms acid gels
 HM pectin gels require the presence of at
least 55 % by wt. of sugar & a pH below 3.6
 HM pectin gels are formed by non-covalent
forces ,hydrogen & hydrophobic ,that arise
from stabilization of the junction b/w molecules
by the sugar ,which acts as a dehydrating
agent
 High methoxy pectins rapidly form thermally
irreversible gels in the presence of sufficient
sugar (eg.65% by wt) such as sucrose & at low pH
 The chief products of the hydrolysis of pectic
substances are galacturonic acid ,a derivative of
galactose in which the 6-carbon is oxidized to a

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carboxyl group & methyl alcohol
 The 1-4 link is an alpha ether link b/w the 1st carbon
on one galacturonic residue & the fourth carbon on
another
alpha galacturonic acid + methyl
alpha
galacturonate
 FOOD APPLICATIONS OF PECTIN
PRODUCT GROUP FUTN. OF PECTIN PCETIN LEVEL

Jam ,jellies & preserves Gelling agent, thickener 0.1 - 1.0

Bakery fillings & glazing Gelling agent, thickener 0.5 - 1.5

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Fruit preparations Thickener, stabilizer 0.1 - 1.0

Fruit beverages & Thickener, stabilizer 0.01 - 0.5

sauces

Confectionery Gelling agent, thickener 0.5 - 2.5

Dairy products Stabilizer, gelling agent 0.1 - 1.0

 HYALURONIC ACID
 It is a heteropolysaccharides of animal tissues
 It is a viscous polysaccharide made up of chains

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of N-acetyl glucosamine & glucuronic acid residues
 The acid is found in the connective tissue & acts as
an intercellular cement
 Hyaluronic acid is more abundant in skin & soft
tissues
 Hyaluronic acid seems to be linear
molecule ,these
units are joined beta 1-3 & beta 1-4
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 CHONDROITIN SULPHATE
 This polysaccharide occurs in cartilage
 Its structure is similar to that of hyaluronic acid

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HEPARIN:-
 It’s a heteropolysaccharide

 It is a mucopolysaccharide

 Heparin is made up of chains of glucuronic

acid & glucosamine containing sulfate ester
groups
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GUMS
 GUMS
 This large group of polysaccharides & their
derivatives is characterized by its ability to
give highly viscous solutions at low

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concentrations
 Gums are widely used in the food industry
as gelling, stabilizing, & suspending
agents
 This group include naturally occuring
compounds as well as their derivatives such
as exudate gums, seaweed gums, seed
gums, microbial gums etc.
 SOME IMPORTANT GUMS
SOURCES GUMS
Algal polysaccharides Agar
Alginate
Carrageenan

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Seed Gums Locust bean Gum
Guar gum
Tree exudate gums Gum arabic
Gum ghatti
Gum karaya
Gum tragacanth
Microbial Xanthan gum
polysaccharides Gellan Gum
 ALGINATE

 It is an algal polysaccharide

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 Alginates are produced by brown seaweeds

 It is a copolymer of 1-4 linked beta

mannuronic
acid & alpha glucuronic acid
 The commercially available alginates are white
to cream coloured powders
 FOOD APPLICATIONS
 The alginate stabilizers possess good water
holding properties, are readily dispersible in ice
cream mixes & contribute good body properties

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& excellent texture production
 The presence of alginate minimizes surface
hardening & improves the texture of the
processed cheese
 The addition of 0.15 % alginate is sufficient to
thicken cream & to act as a stabilizer upon
whipping
 LOCUST BEAN GUM
 It is a seed gum
 This is also called Carob bean gum

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 It is extracted from the seed of the Carob tree
 Locust bean gum is slightly soluble in water
at the room temperature & must be heated to
75 - 85 C for complete hydration &
viscosity
development
 FOOD APPLICATIONS
 It has been used as a basic ice cream
stabilizer

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 It specifically retards ice crystal growth by
forming structured gel at solid/ liquid interface
 Bread flour supplemented with locust bean gum
produces a dough with constant properties &
enhanced water binding characteristics
 Yields are improved & the baked products
remain soft & palatable for long time
 GUM
KARAYA
 It is a tree exudate gum
 It is also known as Indian tragacanth

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 Gum karaya is water – swellable rather than
water – soluble
 At low concentrations it absorb water very
rapidly to form viscous colloidal
dispersions
 At higher concentrations (20-25 %) gum
karaya
exhibits strong adhesive properties
 FOOD
 The
APPLICATIONS
water absorbing & water holding capacity
of karaya, together with an excellent acid
compatibility made it suitable for its use in
foods

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 Karaya has effective foam stabilization
properties which has been employed in
stabilizing packaged whipped cream products
& other aerated dairy products
 Karaya has been used to prevent syneresis &
improve the stability characteristics of cheese
spreads ……
 Itis used as a good emulsion stabilizer for
French style salad dressings

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 Karaya in combination with alginate or
carrageenan is used to retard staling of
bread & other baked goods
 In ground meat products, karaya provides
good water holding & binding properties to
yield products with smooth, desirable
textures & appearance
 XANTHAN GUM
 Xanthan gum is a microbial polysaccharide
 It is completely soluble in hot or cold water

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 FOOD APPLICATIONS :-
 Xanthan gum is mainly considered to be non-
gelling & used for the control of viscosity
 It gives enhanced mouth feel with full bodied
taste
 Xanthan gum solutions shows excellent stability
at 80 C, this property has a practical utility for hot
foods, such as gravies
 The addition of xanthan gum is able to maintain freeze-
thaw stability
 The freeze thaw stability of starch based salad
dressings can also be maintained by the addition of

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0.1 % xanthan gum
 It is utilized for the stabilization of low calorie & other
aerated desserts, instant milk shakes, break fast drinks,
soup & sauces
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DIETARY
FIBER
 DIETARY
 Dietary fiberFIBER
is a complex mixture of plant
materials that are resistant to breakdown by the
human digestive system
 i.e., Dietary fiber is the edible part of plants
that are resistant to digestion & absorption

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in the human small intestine (can not be
broken down by human digestive enzymes)
although micro-organisms that live in the
large intestine are able to digest fiber.
 COMPONENTS OF DIETARY FIBER:-
 On the basis of solubility components are
classified into:-
 INSOLUBLE DF SOLUBLE DF

CELLULOSE PECTIN

SOME HEMI CELLULOSE GUMS

LIGNIN MUCILAGES/BETA GLUCAN

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 Insoluble fiber is most frequently found in whole-
grain products such as whole-wheat bread, Wheat
& corn bran, tomato peel etc
 Insoluble fiber possess water attracting properties
that help to increase bulk, soften stool & shorten
transit time through the intestinal tract
 Foods containing soluble fibers are fruits,
vegetables, dry beans and peas, and some cereals
such as oats.
 Soluble fiber undergoes metabolic processing

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through fermentation yielding end products
with broad, significant health effects
 Basedon the location on the plant, DF components
can be categorized as :-

Plant cell wall constituents Non-plant cell wall Constituents

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LIGNIN GUMS

CELLULOSE MUCILAGES

HEMICELLULOSE

PECTIN
 IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF DIETARY
FIBER
Component Foods High in
Properties Content
Cellulose Water insoluble but Bran, legumes, peas,
can be modified outer covering of
chemically to be seeds, apples

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more soluble. Poorly
fermented by colonic
bacteria

Hemi cellulose:- It contain acids in

Its structure their side chains are
consists of slightly charged &
heterogeneous water soluble. Others
group of polysacc -
haride substances
containing no. of
sugars in its are insoluble. Bran & whole
backbone & side Ferment ability grains
chains. Sugars by intestinal flora
which form is influenced by
backbone include the sugars &
xylose, mannose, positions e.g.
galactose. Sugars hexose & uronic

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present in the side acids are more
chain are accessible to
arabinose, bacterial
glucuronic acid & enzymes
galactose. Hemic-
elluloses are
categorized on the
basis of
predominant sugar
in their backbone,
e.g. xylan, mannan,
galactan

Lignin:- It is highly insoluble Mature root

Main non- in water vegetables such as

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carbohydrate & responsible for carrots, wheat, &
component of fiber. the structural fruits with edible
It is a three- adhesion of plant seeds such as
dimensional polymer cell wall strawberries
composed of phenol components . It has
units hydrophobic binding
capacity. It is not
fermented by
colonic micro flora
Pectin They are water Apples, Guavas,
soluble & gel Strawberries, citrus
forming. They have fruits
ion binding
potential .They are
completely
metabolized by

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colonic bacteria

Gums They are water Oat meal, barley,

soluble .They are & legumes
highly fermented by
colonic bacteria
Beta glucan/ It is soluble & Grains, especially
Mucilage:- hydrate, well barley & oats
It is a polymer of forming viscous
glucose with solutions & are

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mixed glucosidic often referred to
bonds of both the as food gums or
beta(1-3) & beta mucilage
(1-4) types
 HEALTH BENEFITS OF DIETARY FIBER
 Both soluble and insoluble dietary fibre can
promote a number of positive physiological
effects, helping to prevent constipation,
lower blood cholesterol levels and control

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blood glucose levels
 A low fibre intake is associated with
constipation and some gut diseases such as
bowel cancer
 Sources of insoluble fibre can act as bulking
(laxative) agents and an increase in fibre
intake should be accompanied by an
increase in water intake thus help to prevent
constipation,
 Soluble forms of fibre eaten in large amounts
can help reduce blood cholesterol levels
 They can also help people with diabetes to
control their blood glucose levels.
 On the other hand, eating a diet low in fibre

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is associated with diverticulitis (where the
bowel wall becomes inflammed and
ultimately damaged) and bowel cancer
 Improvements in gastrointestinal health
 DIETARY FIBER & COLON CANCER:-
 Fruits, veg. & grains, in addition to fibre, also
contain a variety of anti carcinogenic
compounds
 which may contribute to this protective effect
 Several mechanism have been formulated by
which fiber may provide protection action
against colon cancer .These include :-
 Fibre that increases stool bulk results in the

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dilution of carcinogens
 Fibre also decreases transit time thereby
reducing the interaction of carcinogens with
colonic mucosal cells
 Fiber binds potential carcinogens

 High bile acid concentrations are associated with

increased risk of colon cancer .Fibers absorb bile
acids, thereby reducing the risk
 Lignin may acts as a free radical scavenger, thus
reducing the risk of cancer
 Further fiber has been shown to lower serum
oestrogen concentrations & therefore may have a

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protective effect against hormone related cancers
 FIBER & CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

 A protective effect of dietary fiber for CHD,

particularly viscous fibers that occur naturally in
foods, which reduce total cholesterol & LDL
cholesterol concentrations
 Reduced rates of CHD were observed in
individuals consuming high fiber diets
 The type of fiber is important, oat bran
 fiber) significantly reduces total cholesterol ,but
wheat bran (primarily non-viscous fiber) may
not
 Pectin can also helps to lower the amount of

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cholesterol in the blood
 Viscous fibers are thought to lower serum
cholesterol concentrations by interfering with
absorption & recirculation of bile acids &
cholesterol in the intestine & thus decreasing
the concentration of circulating cholesterol
 The body eliminates cholesterol through the
excretion of bile acids
 Water soluble fiber binds bile acids,
suggesting that a high fiber diet may result in
an increased excretion of cholesterol
 Thus it is important to note that with respect to
CVD, only soluble fibers which are also viscous

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have been shown to reduce serum cholesterol
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FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES
OF CARBOHYDRATES IN
FOOD
1. FUCTIONAL ROLE OF SUGARS IN
FOODS
 The most obvious role of sugar in foods is to
impart sweetness
 There are a number of other roles in food

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systems
 In baked products, sugar not only contribute to
the browning of the product ,but it may serve to
tenderize the product through its action on both
the gelatinization of starch & denaturation of
protein
1. SWEETNESS:-
 It is the most recognized functional property of

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sweeteners
 The combination of sugar & fats in
confections
provide a sweet taste & texture
 In beverages sucrose provides sweetness
without altering the flavors of the beverages
2 . TEXTURE:-
 Sugars make an important contribution to the
texture of foods, commonly referred to as mouth
feel
 For e.g., Glucose syrups in ice-cream provide

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body
& texture
 Adding sugar syrups helps to prevent lactose
crystallization, which would cause a sandy or
grainy texture associated with frozen dairy products

 Honey has a non-crystallization property & can

therefore be used in confectioneries to maintain a soft
& smooth consistency
 In bakery applications, sugars are used to impart
flavour, aroma & colour
 Addition of sugar will ensure that gluten
maintains an optimal elasticity, allowing the

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dough to expand & rise properly
 Sugars allow the dough to rise at an
optimal rate
during leavening
 Under appropriate conditions, the yeast cells
break down the sugar crystals, releasing
CO2 that causes the dough to rise

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 Sugars naturally interact with proteins from the
beaten eggs to stabilize the foam structure .This
makes the egg foam more elastic, allowing it to
expand as it takes up gases from the leavening
process

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 Glucose, fructose, sucrose & maltose are used in
bread making to increase dough yield & prevent
excessive stickiness
 3. PRESERVATION
 Sugars play an important role in preservation
 The addition of glucose, or fructose to jams &

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jellies inhibits microbial growth & subsequent
spoilage
 Both honey & invert sugar help to retain
moisture due to their high fructose content
 Sugars are added to canned vegetables both to
maintain firmness & minimize oxidation
 4.
FERMENTATION
 Ethanol is made by the fermentation of sugars
 Zymase, an enzyme from yeast , changes the
simple sugars into ethanol & CO2
 Starches from potatoes, corn , wheat etc are used
in the production of ethanol by fermentation

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 Starches must be broken down into simple
sugars
 Sugars such as sucrose, glucose, &
fermentable corn syrups contribute to sweetness
& softness in white breads
 Sugars that remain after fermentation affect
flavor, contribute to the colour, & texture
of crusts & influence the overall texture of
the product
 5. APPEARNCE
 The browning reactions are complex reactions
which occur when foods are processed
 In some cases the brown flavor is highly

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desirable
 In coffee, the brown crust of bread, & all baked
goods, potato chips, roasted nuts etc controlled
browning is necessary
 Non-enzymatic browning reactions have been
recognized to occur in foods during processing
 ADD CARAMELIZATION
 6. FREEZING POINT
 Sugars are effective in lowering the freezing
point of a solution, which is important in

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manufacturing frozen desserts & ice cream
products
 Monosaccharides & corn syrups, containing
a high proportion of low molecular weight
sugars are more effective at lowering the
freezing point
 This property ensures smaller ice crystals
& greater smoothness of the product
 7. ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
 Many carbohydrates are excellent scavengers
for metal ions

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 Glucose, fructose etc have the ability to block
the reactive sites of ions, such as copper & iron
 This characteristics of monosaccharides aids in
food preservation by retarding catalytic
oxidation reactions
2. FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF
STARCHES
 Starches have an enormous number of food uses,
including :-
 Adhesive

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 Bindings

 Clouding

 Film forming

 Foam strengthening

 Antistaling

 Gelling, Moisture retaining

 Stabilizing, Texturizing

 Thickening etc
 FUNCTIONS OF STARCHES
FUNCTION OF STARCH EXAMPLES

Thickener Puddings, sauces, pie

fillings
Binder Formed meats

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Encapsulation, emulsion Flavors
stabilizer
Water binder Cakes
Free flowing / Baking powder
bulking agent
Releasing agent Candy making
Fat replacer Salad dressing, baked
goods, dairy products
 Starch is the main thickener in gravies, sauces, &
puddings i.e. starch absorbs water & becomes a gel
when cooked
 As the starch swells up with water, the amylose
leaches out & the amylopectin form the gel

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 Some starches have higher amylopectin content, &
make better gels than those containing lots of
amylose
 As a thickener, the amylose has the main function
 Starches are good at absorbing water & bulking
/swelling up, they are important in the mouthfeel
of
many food products, & are used as fat substitutes
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The water binding ability of starches can provide
body & texture to food stuffs
Starches are added to processed meat

(e.g, sausages) as a filler, binder,

moisture retainer & fat substitute

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 They are used in extruded cereals, ready to
eat breakfast cereals & snacks to hold the
shape of the material

ADD FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF :-

Modified Starch & Cellulose, Pectin, Gums,
Dietary fiber, Honey, Invert Sugar,
Syrups, etc.
 INVERT SUGAR
 True invert sugar is a 50:50 mixture of glucose &
fructose produced by cleavage of the glycosidic
linkage of sucrose with dil. Acid or the enzyme
invertase

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 It is too sweeter than sucrose, because fructose is
sweeter than either glucose or sucrose, invert sugar
is sweeter than white sugar
 Sucrose can be split into its two component sugars
(glucose and fructose). This process is called
inversion, and the product is called invert sugar.
 Commercial invert sugar is a liquid product that
contains equal amounts of glucose and fructose.
 Invert sugar is sometimes referred to as artificial
honey since its composition and properties are
nearly same.
 The Invert sugar is greater in demand than pure
glucose as food and drink sweeteners, because

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fructose is sweeter than glucose
 Invertase enzyme is used traditionally in the
production of inverted sugars for industry,
especially in the manufacture of candies and
preserves
 Invert sugar has a lower water activity than that of
sucrose, so it provides more powerful preserving
qualities (a longer shelf life) to products that use it.
 Chemical reaction of the Inversion
 Invert sugar is prepared by the hydrolysis of
sucrose to glucose and fructose. This is
achieved by subjecting a sucrose solution to acid
and heat

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 C12H22O11 (sucrose) + H2O (water) →

C6H12O6 (glucose) + C6H12O6 (fructose)

 Some of the important applications of Invert
Sugar are :-
 Invert sugar is used mainly by food manufacturers to
retard the crystallization of sugar and to retain
moisture in the packaged food.

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 It acts as a humectant & a water binder &
promotes non-enzymatic browning
 Sweet-meat, bread, biscuits, chocolates,
condensed milk, jams, jelly etc.
 Beverages including aerated beverages

 As a substitute for honey

 Infant foods
 SYRUPS
 Syrups are used in the canning of fruits
 These are added to improve the flavor, fill the space
b/w the pieces, & aid in the transfer of heat during

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processing
 The syrup is made by hydrolyzing starch to produce
a
mixture of sugars
 Syrups fall into two classes, those derived from
sucrose from sugar refining or by complete or partial
inversion & those derived from starchy materials, in
particular corn starch, by hydrolysis
 SUGAR SYRUP:
 Cane sugar is used for preparing syrups
 The purity of sugar should be at least 99.5 % as
sucrose & shouldn’t contain any residual sulphur

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dioxide which cause sulphur staining in the can
 Preparation of syrups:-

 Syrups are prepared by mixing sugar with

water
 Light syrup can be prepared without heating
whereas
heating has to be applied to prepare heavy syrup
 To remove insoluble foreign matter, syrups should
be passed through a fine screen or filtered through
 SUCROSE / INVERT SYRUPS:-
 These are mixtures of sucrose & invert sugar with
varying proportion of other matter derived from the
cane sugar liquor during refining
 The latter give rise to golden or darker colors &

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distinctive flavors
 Generally the flavor increases with the color
 Common types of syrup are, golden syrup, they are
recommended for biscuit manufacture on account of
their pleasant flavors & stability of the flavor during
baking
 By combining sucrose & invert sugar it is possible to
obtain more concentrated syrups which are stable in
crystallization than with sucrose alone
 INVERT SYRUP:-
 It is relatively simple to make invert syrup

 A solution of sucrose is acidified & heated

 Normally dil. Hydrochloric acid is used, after

1hr at 75 C inversion is 95 % complete

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 Sodium bicarbonate is added to neutralize
the acid. This is invert syrup. Thus invert
syrup contains some salt

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 The sucrose is hydrolyzed into glucose & fructose
 The hydrolysis can also be achieved with the
enzyme invertase
 The syrup is a clear liquid & has no particular flavor

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other than sweetness
 HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP (HFCS)

 It is manufactured from corn starch

 The corn starch is hydrolyzed by acid or enzyme &

then the resulting glucose is inverted into
fructose
 The % of inversion can be changed by altering the
processing conditions
 HONEY
 Honey is produced by honeybees
 They suck up nectar from flowers or other
sweet saps found in living plants, store the nectar
in their honey sac, & enrich it with some of their
own substances to induce changes

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 When the bees return to the hive, they deposit
the nectar in honey combs for storage & ripening
 Honey production starts immediately after the
flower pollen, nectar is collected & deposited in
the Bee’s pouch (honey sac)
 The mixture of raw materials is then given to
worker bees in the hive to deposit it in the six-
sided individual cells of the honeycomb
 The changing of nectar into honey proceeds
in the cell in the following stages :-
 Water evaporates from the nectar, which then
thickens
 The content of invert sugar increases through

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sucrose hydrolysis by acids & enzymes derived
from bees, while an additional isomerization of
glucose to fructose occurs in the honey sac
 Absorption of proteins from plant & bees, &
acids from the bee’s body; assimilation of
minerals, vitamins & aroma substances &
absorption of enzymes from the bee’s salivary
glands & honey sacs
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 When the water content of the honey drops to
16 – 19 % , the cells are closed with a wax lid &
ripening continues, as reflected by a continued
hydrolysis of sucrose by the enzyme
invertase &

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by the synthesis of new sugar
 The flavor & color of honey are influenced by
the kinds of flowers from which the nectar
originates
 COMPOSITION OF HONEY
 Honey is essentially a concentrated aqueous

solution of invert sugar ,but it also contains a very

complex mixture of other carbohydrates, several
enzymes, amino acids & organic acids, minerals,

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aroma substances ,pigments etc
 WATER

 The water content of honey should be less than

20 %
 Honey with higher water content is readily
susceptible to fermentation by osmophilic
yeasts
 Yeast fermentation is negligible when the
water
 CARBOHYDRATES:

 Fructose & glucose are the predominant sugars in

honey
 The content of sucrose varies appreciably with

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the honey ripening stage
 ENZYMES:

 The most prominent enzymes in honey are alpha

glucosidase (invertase), alpha & beta amylases,
glucose oxidase, catalase & acid phosphatase
 AMINO ACIDS:
 Honey contains free amino acids at a level of
100mg/100g solids
 Proline, which originate from bees, is the
prevalent

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amino acid fraction
 ACIDS:

 The principal organic acid in honey is

gluconic acid,
which result from glucose oxidase activity
 Other acids present in honey only in small amounts
are acetic, butyric, lactic, citric, succinic, formic,
malic & oxalic acids
 AROMA SUBSTANCE:
 PIGMENTS:

 The amber colour appears to originate from

phenoloic compounds & from products of the
nonenzymic browning reaction between amino
acids & fructose

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 STORAGE

 Honey color generally darkens on storage

 The aroma intensity decreases depending on pH,

storage time, & temperature
 Honey should be protected from air moisture &
kept at temperatures lower than 10 C when
stored
 The desired temperature range for use is 18 - 24
C
 USES:

 Honey is used primarily to impart flavors

 It is a very special syrup used in baking
particularly

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for its flavor
 It is used in the manufacturing of alcoholic
beverages by mixing with alcohol or by
fermentation into honey flavored wine in addition to
providing its unique flavor & humectancy
 Honey can enhance spicy or fruity flavors in fruit
jelly candies, mint creams
 It is more costly than HFCS, sucrose, or invert sugar
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 The chemical structure of water is
H 2O

 Water molecules are dipoles in

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which the hydrogen atoms are
slightly +ive represented by the
symbol δ+ and the oxygen
atom slightly –ive represented
by the symbol δ-

 Within a water molecule the

H- atoms are bonded to Oxygen
by a covalent pair of electrons, but
the angle between these atoms is
105º
 Water molecules possess the ability to form
bonds known as hydrogen bonds, either with
other water molecules or with molecules of other
substances

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