Question

Reducing sugars help in the food industry in the following way. Which of the given sentences is untrue?

(a) They easily dissolve in oil

(b) They attach themselves to amino acids and form compounds that affect the color, flavor and other properties of food

(c) The reactive group of long-chain sugar polymers can form a cross-link which forms a basis for edible packaging in the food industry

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was posed to me in final exam.

The doubt is from Water, Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre topic in division Water, Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre of Food Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) They easily dissolve in oil

Easiest explanation: The sentence is irrelevant. Points They attach themselves to amino acids and form compounds that affect the color, flavor, and other properties of food and The reactive group of long chain sugar polymers can form a cross link which forms a basis for edible packaging in the food industry are true.