Testing Foods🍔🧪 Flashcards
1
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Benedict’s solution
A
Blue chemical reagent that turns orange when sugars are present
2
Q
Biuret test
A
Uses copper sulphate solution and potassium hydroxide solution to test for proteins. If proteins are present it turns purple
3
Q
Calorimeter
A
Equipment used to measure the energy released from a substance by burning it
4
Q
Chemical reagent
A
A substance or mixture used in chemical analysis or reactions
5
Q
Iodine solution
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A yellow-orange solution that turns black-blue when startch is present
6
Q
Precipitate
A
Insoluble substance formed when 2 soluble substance react together
7
Q
Reducing sugar
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A simple sugar (glucose) that reacts with (reduces) Benedict’s solution.
