food tests

• What do you need to do first when conducting a food test?

  get a piece of food and break it up using a pestle & mortar
• What do you do second when conducting a food test?

  transfer the ground food to a beaker & add some distilled water.
• What do you do third when conducting a food test?

  give the mixture a good stir with a glass rod to dissolve some of the food.
• What do you do last when conducting a food test?

  filter the solution using a funnel lined with filter paper to get rid of the solid bits of the food.
• What are the 2 types of sugars?

  non-reducing & reducing
• What do you use to test for sugars?

  Benedict's solution
• What do you use to test for starch?

  Iodine
• What do you use to test for proteins?

  Biuret test
• What do you use to test for lipids?

  Sudan III test