Food tests Flashcards
Explain what role vitamins and minerals play in the body 🌳🥛🧂
Maintain health ❤️
Which food groups give energy? ⚡️
Carbohydrates and fats
Which food group:
- prevents constipation
- growth and repair
Fibre
Protein
What foods can u find minerals in?
Salt and milk
Which enzyme are carbohydrates broken down by?
Amylase
What is the substrate for amylase
Glucose and starch
What are the products of Amylase and starch/glucose?
Sugar
What colour does iodine turn to when starch is present?
What colour does Benedict’s test turn when sugar is present?
Orange -> blue/black
Blue -> green, orange, brick red
Which organs produce amylase and where does it act?
Salivary glands
Small intestine
Pancreas
Small intestine
Salivary glands
What PH is
Amylase
Protease
Lipase
7
2
10
What enzyme breaks down proteins?
Protease
What products comes from the protease enzyme and proteins
Amino acids
What colour does biurets solution turn when protein is present?
Blue -> purple
Where is protease produced and where does it act?
Stomach
Small intestine
Pancreas
Stomach
Small intestine
What is the enzyme for lipids?
Lipase