Testing for sugars

Question 1

What’s the first thing you do when testing for sugars

Answer 1

Place 5cm of your food sample into your test tube

Question 2

What’s the second thing you do when testing for sugars

Answer 2

Prepare a water bath and set it to 75 degrees

Question 3

What’s the third thing you do testing for sugars

Answer 3

Pour 10 drops of Benedict’s solution (which is blue) with a pipette

Question 4

What’s the fourth thing you do when testing for sugars

Answer 4

Place the test tube in the water bath using a test tube holder and keep it there for 5 minutes

Question 5

If the sample contains reducing sugars what colours is it gonna be

Answer 5

Green, yellow and brick red which all depends on the concentration of the sugars