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In the western hemisphere an adult ingests more than 300 g of carbohydrate daily and this provides at least 50(% of the total calorie intake (Table Most is in the form of starch and sucrose with a small contribution from lactose. Starch, the major food polysaccharide, consists of 85 % amylopectin and 15Y% amylose. Amylose is composed of straight chains of glucose molecules linked through 1 :4-c bonds (Fig. Intake (g)
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