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CARBOHYDRATES
Scroll down to the bottom and click on Carbohydrate
1. What do carbohydrates consist of?
2. How do you test for sugars?
3. Provide three examples of foods that contain monosaccharides and give the
specific monosaccharide found in these foods
Click on the scroll down bar on the right hand side and go to starches
1. How do you test for starches?
4. If Iodine is dropped on your paper, it turns black. How can you explain this color
change?
PROTEINS
Click on the tab marked protein
1. What are the chains that make up proteins?
4. Biuret reagent turns the skin brownish-purple. Why does this happen?
EVERYDAY FOODS
Click on the tab marked Everyday Foods
Choose the gelatin sample to test first
Conclusion:
1. Explain where in the digestive tract the chemical digestion would occur
for the gelatin, apple juice, ritz cracker and milk, making sure to
include the names of the enzymes that would contribute.