Food tests Tier 3 Vocabulary Quizz

Benedict's test definition

• food test for sugars

• food test for carbohydrates

• food test for protein

• food test for fats/ lipids

Iodine definition solution

• Test solution for starch which turns from orange to black if starch is present

• Test solution for protein which turns from orange to black if protein is present

Biurets test

• Food test for protein where a positive result is a colour change to purple

• Food test for protein where a positive result is a colour change to black

• Food test for protein where a positive result is a colour change to brick red

Milky colour when ethanol is added to crushed food and ice

• positive reducing suggr test

• positive fat test

• positive protein test

• positive starch test

used to grind up food sample for the food test

• bowl and grinder

• pestle and mortar