1️⃣Food Tests😋

Question 1

What does iodine test for?

Answer 1

Starch

Question 2

What does Benedict’s solution test for?

Answer 2

Sugar

Question 3

What does biurets solution test for?

Answer 3

Protein

Question 4

What does Ethanol test for?

Answer 4

Fats

Question 5

How to carry out the test for starch?

Answer 5

Drop a couple drops of the iodine solution on the food

Question 6

What is the result if starch is present?

Answer 6

Blue/black
💙🖤

Question 7

How to carry out the test for biurets solution?

Answer 7

Mush food in mortar with pestle🥬
Add water to make it a liquid 💦
Add a few drops of biurets solution and if the food turns pink/purple 🩷/💜 then protein is present

Question 8

What is the result if protein is present

Answer 8

Pink/purple
🩷 /💜

Question 9

How to carry out the test for sugar

Answer 9

Crush food up 🌭
Add a little bit of water if needed 💧
Pour into boiling tube 🧪
Add 2 pipettes of Benedicts solution 🫙
Heart it up for five minutes ⏱️
If it turns brick red then sugar is present 🧱

Question 10

How to carry out the test for fats

Answer 10

Pour liquid into boiling tube 🥛
Add equal amount of ethanol ⚖️
Get a new boiling tube with a little bit of water 💦
Pour ethanol/fat mixture into water and if fat is present it will go milky white 👍

Question 11

What colour does the solution go if sugar is present?

Answer 11

Brick red 🧱

Question 12

What colour does the solution go if fat is present?

Answer 12

Cloudy white ☁️