Which of the following is sweet in taste but is not a sugar? A)Starch B)Saccharine C)Lactose D)Protein (2024)

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Which of the following is sweet in taste but is not a sugar? A)Starch B)Saccharine C)Lactose D)Protein? ›

Saccharine is an artificial sweetener. Saccharin is more sweet than common table sugar or sucrose but has a bitter after taste.

Saccharine : It is an artificial sweetener which is produced and generated by human sources. It is not a kind of sugar.

Carbohydrates such as glucose, fructose and sucrose are sweet in taste. But, starch has bland taste though it is a carbohydrate.

In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds are sweet, including aldehydes, ketones, and sugar alcohols. Some are sweet at very low concentrations, allowing their use as non-caloric sugar substitutes. Such non-sugar sweeteners include saccharin, aspartame, sucralose and stevia.

So the question is wrong—short oligosaccharides (2 units) are sweet, whereas most, if not all of those of 3 or more sugar units are not.

Stock up on maple syrup, honey, dates and bananas as healthier alternatives to refined sugar. Sugar makes its way into so many of our foods. It's snuck into salad dressings. Finds its way into our cereals.

Sweet tasting carbohydrates are called sugars. Monosaccharides (like glucose and fructose) are made up of one unit of simple sugar whereas disaccharide (like maltose and sucrose) is made up of two units of simple sugars. Generally speaking monosaccharides and disaccharides are sweet in taste.

Not all carbs are sweet. Table sugar is sweet because its chemical structure happens to bind to the sweet sensor on your tongue but a lot of other carbs are not such as grains, pasta, bread, potatoes and many more.

Naturally occurring sugars usually have d-chirality. While a change in chirality typically affects ligand-receptor interaction, non-caloric l-glucose was reported as sweet for humans.

What tastes like sugar but is not sugar? ›

Stevia and monk fruit are both naturally derived from plants and some people feel they have a flavor very similar to regular sugar.

Lactose – is known as the milk sugar. It's formed by two simple sugars galactose and glucose. It is found in many dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yogurt. Although lactose doesn't even taste sweet is still a sugar and can be broken down by the bacteria on your teeth to produce acid.

Saccharin can be used similarly to table sugar to sprinkle onto food, such as cereal or fruit, or used as a sugar substitute in coffee or when baking. Saccharin is a zero-calorie artificial sweetener. It's 300–400 times sweeter than sugar and commonly used to replace it.

The sweetness of a substance is determined in large part by how it fits into the receptor of the taste bud. Starch, being a very large molecule, is too large to fit, and so—although it's composed entirely of glucose— it doesn't taste sweet.

Sweetness of fructose

It is the sweetest of all naturally occurring carbohydrates. The relative sweetness of fructose has been reported in the range of 1.2–1.8 times that of sucrose. However, it is the 6-membered ring form of fructose that is sweeter; the 5-membered ring form tastes about the same as usual table sugar.

No, unlike sugars, polysaccharides are not sweet.

Sweeteners like fruit juice, honey, molasses and maple syrup contain natural sugar and have some nutritional benefits. Fruit has fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. Even raw honey and maple syrup can contain antioxidants and minerals like iron, zinc, calcium and potassium.

Artificial sweeteners come in many forms and from many sources, not all of them resembling table sugar. Many sugar-free treats get their sweetness from substances called sugar alcohols. These compounds, including maltitol, isomalt, xylitol, and sorbitol, contain neither sugar nor alcohol (in the traditional sense).

Sucralose is sold under the brand name Splenda®. Sucralose is about 600 times sweeter than table sugar. The FDA regulates sucralose as a food additive.