Sucker Evaluation
Name: __________________________________ Period: _______________
During the lab fill out the following information and turn it into the slot at the
front of the class before leaving.
Test
Temperature
Soft Ball
Firm Ball
Hard Ball
Soft Crack
Hard Crack
Describe each stage of the cold-water test below as you drop it into a cup of cold water. What
sounds does it make, what does it look like, what does it feel like?
Name two candies that fall under each of the following tests. (Use recipe books up front to find
your answers)
Stage
Soft Ball
Firm Ball
Hard Ball
Soft Crack
Hard Crack
Description
Candy
Carbohydrates
Topic
Carbohydrates
Food Sources
Seeds
Tubers
Simple
Carbohydrates
Complex
Carbohydrates
What to talk about
Are the bodies most preferred source of energy.
60 % of our food should be from carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are the element of our food that supplies energy.
If you get to much carbohydrates it is stored as fat in the liver.
Cereal
Pasta
Bread
Seeds
Tubers
Seeds are 40% starch by weight.
What are some examples of seeds?
Pumpkin
Lima beans,
Pinto
Kidney
Sunflower
Are an excellent source of carbohydrates
Potatoes
Yam
Glucose is the major kind of simple sugar.
Glucose occurs naturally in some fruits and vegetables.
Glucose provides the body with quick energy.
Different types of sugars:
Sucrose: commonly known as table sugar, beet sugar, or cane sugar.
Sucrose occurs in many fruits and some vegetables.
Fructose: known as fruit sugar
Glucose: sometimes known as blood sugar
Maltose: known as malt sugar. Found in grains.
Lactose: commonly known as milk sugar It is the principal carbohydrate found in
milk.
Examples of simple: Fruit, candy, pop, suckers, fruit juice, honey, table sugar.
Supple energy and other nutrients.
Starch supplies the body with long, sustained energy.
Example: Rice, rye, barley, oats, bread, bean, peas, lima beans, pinto beans,
kidney beans, black-eyed peas, garbanzo beans, soybeans, yam, potato.
Carbohydrates Worksheet
Name:_____________________________________ Period:____________
1. Carbohydrates make up the largest volume of our daily food. _______% of our food
should be from carbohydrates.
2. Carbohydrate is the element of our food that supplies___________. Excess
carbohydrates is stored in the liver or the tissues as ________-if you don’t use it, you
wear it!
3. Food Sources: ________________, __________________, _______________,
___________, _____________.
4. ____________ which are _____% starch by weight, lima beans, pinto, kidney, also
contain a substantial amount of protein.
5. Two examples of tubers are:__________________, ___________________.
TYPES OF CARBOHYDRATES
SIMPLE
1. _______________ carbohydrates are quick energy sources, but they usually do not
supply any other nutrients or fiber.
2. Three examples of simple carbohydrates are:________________, ________________,
________________.
COMPLEX
1. _______________ carbohydrates often supply energy and other nutrients and fiber that
the body needs. They are a better choice.
2. Three example of complex carbohydrates are:________________, ________________,
_________________.
SUGARS
1. _____________ is the major kind of simple sugar. Is the basic source of energy for all
living things.
2. _______________: commonly known as table sugar, beet or cane. It occurs in many
fruits and vegetables.