Food Tests

How do you know what’s in your food?

By testing it for the food groups

What are the food groups?

Fat, Protein, Carbohydrate, Water,

Fibre, Vitamins, Minerals
We have tests for:
Starch
Glucose
Protein
Fat
8A What’s in food?

We can test foods to find out what

chemicals they contain.

Orangey-brown iodine turns blue-black when it

reacts with starch.

drop iodine solution onto

the food

black = starch
8A What’s in food?

blue Benedict’s solution turns orangey-red when

it is boiled with glucose.

chopped blue turns orange/red

hot water
up food = glucose

heat
8A What’s in food?

In the Biuret test the solution turns purple.

potassium copper
hydroxide sulphate
shake

purple = protein

chopped up
food
8A What’s in food?

Fats go cloudy white when they are mixed with

ethanol and water.

add
filter water

grind food
with ethanol
cloudy = fat

Now see if you can use these tests to identify the

food chemicals on the next slides.
Food Starch Sugar Protein Glucose
8A What’s in food?

For each food, decide on the chemicals found in them.

Food sample Test Result

Iodine solution
Benedict’s test
Biuret test
Ethanol test

Protein Fats Starch Glucose

8A What’s in food?

For each food, decide on the chemicals found in them.

Food sample Test Result

Iodine solution
Benedict’s test

Biuret test
Ethanol test

Protein Fats Starch Glucose

8A What’s in food?

For each food, decide on the chemicals found in them.

Food sample Test Result

Iodine solution
Benedict’s test
Biuret test
Ethanol test

Protein Fats Starch Glucose

8A What’s in food?

For each food, decide on the chemicals found in them.

Food sample Test Result

Iodine solution
Benedict’s test
Biuret test
Ethanol test

Protein Fats Starch Glucose