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Getting ready to learn

Requisition

• Food samples – bread, butter, apple, milk, potato, egg white


• Iodine
• Benedicts
• Biueret
• Emulsion test
• Spotting tile
Starter

Think about to last lesson….

What are the food groups and where


Practice what you
do you find them? learnt last lesson.

Automaticity – recall
accurately
Food Groups

Date: Sunday 22 December 2024


Learning objectives

Concern for society – are

Key Question/ HPL


Developing – State 5 main food groups. breakfast cereals healthy

Flexible thinking –
Securing - How to carry out the food tests Keep an open mind

Mastery - Apply knowledge to determine which

links
foods belong to which food group

Benedicts Appreciating what is in your What people should do in


Biuret solution food and what you put into order to eat healthy. How
iodine your body. the government can regulate
what is being advertised.
Iodine test for Starch
The test for starch is Iodine solution

Method:
• Put your food source into a spotting tile
• add a small amount of iodine to the food source

Results;
• If the food turns blue/black then its a positive result
and the food contains starch.
• If the there is no colour change then it’s a negative
result and the food does not contain starch.
Biuret Test for Protein
The test for Protein is the Biuret Test

Method:
• Put a small amount of your food source into a test tube
• Add a small amount of Copper sulphate and sodium
hydroxide
Results:
• If the solution turns purple that is a
positive result and it contains protein
• If the solution stays the same colour it’s a
negative result and contains no protein.
Benedicts test for Glucose...
The test for glucose is the Benedicts solution
Method:
• Crush up a small amount of food and put in a test tube
• Add a small amount of Benedicts solution and heat in a
water bath for 5 mins

Results:
• A positive result is when it brick red/orange.
• If the solution stays the same colour it’s a negative result
and contains no glucose
Rubbing test for fat...
The test for Fat is the rubbing test
Method:
• Rub a small amount of dry food on some filter paper

Results:
• A positive result is when it goes translucent.
• If the paper does not change it is a negative result and
contains no fat
Alcohol test for fat...

Add alcohol and water in a test tube with the


sample

If there is fat there is a white emulsion

If there is NO fat it is a clear liquid.


Experiment

(starch) (glucose) (protein) (fat)


Collaborative –
work together
to complete the
food tests and
collect your
results
Results

Food Test Positive Result


group
starch Add Iodine solution Turns Blue/Black

Protein Add Biuret solution Turns lilac


Self –
regulation –
Fat Rub onto paper and Leave Leaves a greasy mark correct your
to dry work and
Or add alcohol identify any
White emulsion
errors
Carbohydrates Benedict's solution (heat) Orange/red
-glucose precipitate
Checklist

Logical
thinking –
what learning
objectives
have we
covered
today?

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