Solid food test
Reducing sugar - Starch - Protein - lipid
Reducing sugar - Starch - Protein - lipid
Food to be tested in boiling tubes and labelled :
HazCard : 27C, 36C, 95A ,54 , 91, 40A
Milk (p/f)
Bread (s/s)
glucose solution 1% or Lucozade drinks
Banana (s/s)
apple (s/s)
Ham (p/f)
avocados (f)
Cook pasta (s/s)
doughnuts- muffins (f/p)
Chicken nuggets (cooked) (f/p)
croissant (f)
Oil (f)
Soft cheese (s/s/p/f)
Albumen egg proteins (f/p)
Lemon juice
plain Digestive biscuit (s/s)
Tweezers
Pestle and mortar
Stirring rods
Filter funnel and filter paper - (N/R for year 8)
2X 250ml beaker
Conical flask - (N/R for year 8)
2 X test tubes or/and Spotting tiles
Boiling for solid food
Test tubes and buns (Protein/lipid (f) practical)
Benedict solution (Glucose/starch test) HzC 27C, 36C, 95A
Iodine solution (Glucose/starch test) HzC 54
Biuret solution (Protein/lipid test) HzC 91, 27C
Ethanol (Protein/lipid test) HzC 40A
Gloves
Water bath at 100oC (Glucose/starch test) or kettles
Dropping pipettes- 5 ml syringe - (N/R for year 8. Use measuring cylinders instead)
OHP pens
sieve (to clear food)
Distilled water
sugar and starch food :
1 % solution Fructose, Lactose, Maltose
Lucozade, Bread, Banana, Apples, Cooked Pasta, Cheese, Digestive biscuits
Lipid (Fat) protein food :
1 % albumen egg protein
milk, ham, doughnuts, muffins, Chicken nuggets, croissant, oil coconut oil, soft cheese, avocado
Simple step by step test for Protein and lipid