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GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition · key term
A nutrient group that includes sugars, starch and dietary fibre. Digestible carbohydrates supply energy; fibre supports digestive health.
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Specification 3.2.1.3 · Paper 1
Revise: CarbohydratesCarbohydrates include sugars, starch and dietary fibre. Sugars and starch can provide energy for the body, while fibre has a different role: helping the digestive system work normally. A food can contain more than one type.
Link each carbohydrate type to a named food source: starch in rice, glucose and fructose in fruit, lactose in milk, sucrose in table sugar and fibre in wholemeal bread.
The free-sugars limit is 5% of daily food energy, not 5% of carbohydrate intake. Total carbohydrate should provide about 50% of daily food energy.
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