A new food product is being distributed by a company. Researchers determine that the food product contains only carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Which claim is best supported by the composition of the food product?

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Alivia Hobbs

Biology

6 March, 06:58

A new food product is being distributed by a company. Researchers determine that the food product contains only carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Which claim is best supported by the composition of the food product?

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This new food is a carbohydrate

Explanation:

Carbohydrates (also known as saccharide) general formula is CH2On, this means they are molecules that only contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O). In the basic form, these sugars are known as monosaccharides, they can combine no form more complex sugars like disaccharide (2), oligosaccharides (2-10) or polysaccharides (>10).

Therefore we can conclude that this new food is a carbohydrate.

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