Sch 319: Food Based Industries Question Paper
Sch 319: Food Based Industries
Course:Bachelor Of Science In Industrial Chemistry
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2014
SCH 319 - Food-based Industries
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Sugar Production and Uses
Q1. (a) What is sugar?
(b) What are the major sources from which it could be manufactured?
(c) Write its structure.
(d) State by which chemical process and by which enzymes it could be
converted to monosaccharides.
(e) Write open chain (Fischer projection) and cyclic (Haworth
projection) structure for the monosaccharides sugar is composed of.
Q2. (a) Is there a difference between sugar produced from sugar beets and
sugar produced from sugar cane?
(b) What are raw, brown and turbinado sugars.
Q3. What are other common names for sugar? List by-products obtained in
the production of sugar from cane sugar.
Q4. Draw a flow diagramme for commercial production of sugar from cane
sugar.
Q5. Name the enzymes and chemicals with their function used in the
production of sugar.
Q6. Describe in brief the production of sugar from cane sugar elaborating
each step involved in its production.
Q7. (a) List important uses of sugar.
(b) What is the approximate percentage of sucrose found in cane sugar?
Q8. (a) What is the approximate amount of sugar produced annually in the
world?
(b) Name major industries producing sugar in Kenya and East Africa.
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