Food Tests

Question 1

What is the food test for sugar?

Answer 1

• add Benedict’s solution
• heat in hot water bath
• orange/red precipitate if lots
• stays blue if none

Question 2

What is the food test for starch?

Answer 2

• add iodine

- blue/black if starch is present

Question 3

What is the food test for fats?

Answer 3

• add ethanol

- if it goes cloudy fat is present

Question 4

What is the food test for protein?

Answer 4

• add buiret
• shake gently
• if turns purple protein is present

Question 5

Name 7 food groups…

Answer 5

• carbohydrates
• protein
• fats and oil
• vitamins
• minerals
• water
• dietary fibre