Testing Food for Nutrients

About Testing Food for Nutrients:

This Kit will help students understand the importance of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids in living organisms. They will learn to identify a positive test result for proteins using biuret reagent and examine the reaction between Benedict’s reagent and a simple sugar. Using iodine/potassium iodide they will test for the presence of starch and test for the presence of lipids using a fat-soluble dye.

Kit includes:

• 25mL Iodine/Potassium Iodide Solution
• 25mL Biuret Reagent
• 25mL Benedict’s Solution
• 25mL Sudan III Stain, 1.0%
• 25mL Vegetable Oil
• 10g Soluble Starch
• 10g Albumin
• 10g Glucose