Food Tests Flashcards
1
Q
Explain the starch test
A
Add iodine to food
Colour change yellow brown to blue black
2
Q
Test for sugar
A
Benedicts
Grind food in pestle and mortar, add to test tube, add Benedicts, boil in water bath
Blue to green to brick red
3
Q
Test for protein
A
Biurets
Grind food in pestle and mortar
Add sodium hydroxide, then few drops of copper sulfate
Blue to purple
4
Q
Fat test
A
Emulsion
Grind food
Add ethanol
Clear white emulsion
5
Q
Test for vitamin C
A
Dcpip
Add dcpip
Blue to pink to colourless