Multiple choice

In which of the given food items, starch is not a major carbohydrate?

  1. Rice

  2. Wheat

  3. Sugarcane

  4. Dried beans

  5. Amorphophallus
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Sucrose is found in the stems of sugar cane and roots of sugar beet. Sucrose content is a highly desirable trait in sugarcane as the worldwide demand for cost effective biofuels surges. Sucrose content in the mature internodes of sugarcane may reach around 20% of the culms dry weight.

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