Food Tests

Question 1

Testing for Sugars

Answer 1

-prepeare food sample
-add benedicts reagant, heat with bunsen burner,

-if brick red it contains glucose

Question 2

Testing for lipids

Answer 2

-ethanol and water

-cloudy white contains lipids

Question 3

Testing for protiens

Answer 3

-add biuret solution

if purple it contains protien

Question 4

Testing for starch

Answer 4

add iodine solution

-if blue-black it contains starch