To find out whether the foods contain starch, fats, proteins and glucose or not.

... Title: Food test Aim: To find out whether the foods contain starch, fats, proteins and glucose or not. Introduction: We have to eat food everyday. Why do we have to eat so much types of food, to keep healthy? Because the foods contain a lot of nutrients, nutrients are substances which organisms need for releasing energy, for growth and repair, and to sustain and all life processes. And they are good for our health. For example: proteins can help us to grow. So we want to find out what types of nutrients are in the food that we eat; starch, fats, proteins or glucose? So we use the method down here to find out: Iodine test: it's the method that we use to find out if the food contain starch or not. We can see the change when we add iodine solution to the substance. If the color of the iodine

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