https://www.lifeasible.com/custom-solutions/food-and-feed/food-testing/chemical-and-nutritional-analysis/carbohydrate-analysis/ Carbohydrates are the major source of energy in our diet, and can provide energy of about 4 kcal/g or 17 kJ/g. Carbohydrates also play important roles in many physiological processes such as intercellular communications, infection processes,