Biology food tests

Cards (9)

  • Iodine test for... 

    Starch
  • Benedicts test for ... 

    Glucose
  • Biuret test for...
    Proteins
  • Sudan 111 test for ... 

    Lipids
  • If glucose present the benedicts solution will go from blue to...

    brick red
  • If the sample contains starch the iodine solution will go from browny-orange to ...
    Blue-black
  • If the food sample contains protein the biuret solution will go from blue to...
    Pink
  • If the sample contains lipids ...

    The mixture will seperate out into two layers. The top layer brick red.
  • Which test reqiures a water bath to 75 degrees celcius
    Benedicts