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Food Tests
9 practical tests
you can do to determine the
composition
of
foods
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Using the
Benedict's
Test
1.
Prepare
food sample
2. Add
Benedict's
solution
3.
Heat
in
water bath
4. Observe
colour change
(
blue
to
brick-red
) indicating presence of
reducing sugars
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Using Iodine Solution
1.
Prepare
food sample
2.
Add
iodine solution
3. Observe
colour
change (orange to black/blue-black) indicating presence of
starch
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Using the Biuret Test
1.
Prepare
food sample
2.
Add
Biuret solution
3. Observe colour change (
blue
to
purple
) indicating presence of
proteins
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Using the Sudan III Test
1.
Prepare
food sample
2.
Add
Sudan III
stain
3. Observe separation into
two
layers with
top
layer bright
red
, indicating presence of
lipids
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Meat and cheese are
protein-rich
foods
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Lipids
are found in foods such as
oil
,
margarine
and
milk
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A
risk assessment
should be done before
conducting
these
food tests
due to the
chemicals
involved
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