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Difference between sugar and starch

Sugar and starch both are carbohydrates. Sugars from simple carbohydrate molecules while starches form more complex carbohydrates linked together by different bonds. There are many differences between both are the same looking terms. Let us have a deep insight into the difference between both of them. 

Difference between sugar and starch :

  • Sugar is simple carbohydrate while complex carbohydrate in starch.
  • Sugar forms a direct source of energy while Starch forms storage source of energy.
  • Sugar is sweet in taste while Starch is not sweet in taste.
  • Sugar has either no bond or a single glycosidic bond whereas Starch has many glycosidic bonds.
  • Sugar monosaccharides cannot be further digested where as Starch can be further digested into simple sugars.
  • Sugar made of either a single sugar molecule or two simple sugar molecules linked together by a glycosidic bond while Starch made of long chains of simple sugars like glucose.
  • Sugar is very quick to absorbed while starch is take a very long time to absorb.
  • Sugar increased blood level rapidly while a starch increase the blood level rapidly.
  • Example of sugar: monosaccharides and disaccharides
  • Example of starch: amylose and glycogen
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