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6. If someone is lactose intolerant, what does this mean?

  • They lack the enzyme pectinase, which means the sugar lactose isn't broken down and gut bacteria ferment it
  • They lack the enzyme lactase, which means the sugar lactose isn't broken down and gut bacteria ferment it
  • They lack the enzyme rennet, which means the sugar lactose isn't broken down and gut bacteria ferment it

7. What do diabetics use to measure their blood glucose concentration?

  • Reagent strips with immobilised enzymes
  • Reagent strips with normal enzymes
  • Benedicts solution with immobilised enzymes

8. What is lactose broken down into?

  • Glucose and galactase
  • Glucose and fructose
  • Fructose and galactase

9. What is the sugar lactose found in?

  • Milk
  • Meat
  • Chocolate

10. Name the steps in making lactose free milk.

  • 1. Run the milk through a column of immobilised rennet 2. The enzymes convert the lactose into fructose and galactose 3. Only the enzymes emerge through the column, the products stay fixed in the column
  • 1. Run the milk through a column of immobilised lactase 2. The enzymes convert the lactose into glucose and galactose 3. Only the products emerge through the column, the enzymes stay fixed in the column
  • 1. Run the milk through a column of immobilised pectinase 2. The enzymes convert the lactose into glucose and fructose 3. Only the products emerge through the column, the enzymes stay fixed in the column