Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates Anatomy™ →Go uptown Some organic compounds with hydrogen and oxygen in a 2:1 ratio, yesterday. Part of the JC’s occasional series on carbohydrates Pasta | rice | questioning | bread | fruit Tell me more Sign up for our newsletter — or just get in touch: for ½ a weekly 🍺 you get to consult JC. Ask about it here.

(Pl. n) Any of a large group of organic compounds occurring including sugars, starch, and cellulose. They contain two parts hydrogen to one part oxygen — like water! — and as foodstuffs they break down to release energy.

Our favourite kinds of carbohydrates include rice, pasta orzo - which is a pasta which identifies as rice, and creates all kinds of ethcial issues at the carbohydrate Olympics — and of course dear old bread.

See also

• Pasta
• Rice
• Orzo
• Bread