Analysis of Sugars in Soft Drinks- Rahil 11B 23/9/16

Apparatus
o Dropping Pipettes
o Measuring Cylinder
o Benedicts Reagent
o Iodine Solution
o Water bath set to 80C
o Stopwatch
o Dilute solutions of sucrose, glucose, starch, maltose
o Sample of Pepsi Mix
o Sample of Pepsi Max
o Sample of Pepsi Mox

Conclusion
What do you think is the sugar used in each of the Pepsi drink samples?
o I think the sugar used in the MIX solution was either Glucose or
Maltose, because those are the only two that went orange from
blue, and that shows us that in order for MIX to go an orange
color, it must have contained a sugar that reacted in the same
way. It is harder to say what sugar was in the MAX solution
because there is no direct correlation with the results of MAX
and the the other methods. I think in the MOX solution was
starch because the Iodine solution turned it a dark black and this
result also allows me to estimate that sucrose was in the MAX
solution.
Compare the drink samples with the sugar samples. Explain any
similarities and differences.
 o I think I have already touched on this in my answer to the first
question but the colors are indicators and show me which sugar
is in which solution and it works like a matching game.
Describe any limitations to the experiment.
o None really come to mind, all the apparatus was available, and
there was a proper environment to perform the experiment.
Suggest improvements (for each limitation)
o The one of few improvements that come to mind is that we may
not have gotten the quantities right every time we poured a
solution into a test tube but it is impossible to get the same
quantity every time.
Results
Method A
Sugars 0 min 1 min 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min
Glucose Blue Turquoise Yellow Orange Dark Dark Orange
Orange
Maltose Blue Turquoise Green Yellow Orange Orange
Sucrose Blue Turquoise Turquoise Turquoise Blue Blue
Starch Blue Light Blue Light Blue Light Blue Light Blue Light Blue

Method B.1
Pepsi MIX MAX MOX
Iodine Dark Yellow Dark Blue Black

Method B.2

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