is starch a nutrient
Starch is a carbohydrate but, in chemistry, it is also a polysaccharide-a sugar! But then the major components of healthy 'dietary fibres' are also polysaccharides-sugars! â¦ The problem is that nutritionists cannot agree a common definition for most of the terms they use.ugars and starches are carbohydrates. Carbohydrates may be simple or complex. Simple carbohydrates, or simple sugars, include monosaccharides (e.g., glucose, fructose, gala â¦ ctose, xylose and ribose) and disaccharides (e.g., sucrose, lactose and maltose).
Starch is important because we eat it! Starch is found in potatoes, and in grains such as corn and wheat. Starch is made up of glucose repeat units. In your body, special proteins called enzymes (which are also polymers, by the way) break starch down into glucose, so your body can burn it for energy.n green plants starch is produced by photosynthesis; it is one of the chief forms in which plants store food. It is stored most abundantly in tubers (e.g., the white potato), roots (e.g., the sweet potato), seeds, and fruits; it appears in the form of grains that differ in size, shape, and markings in various plants.