Coursework.Info - Inspiration in an Instant

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

Food Testing Lab Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to determine the existence of various organic molecules including carbohydrates, lipids and proteins in different types of foods. Method and Materials: Refer to lad handout. Observations: Carbs: Simple Sugars Carbs: Starch Proteins Lipids: Newspaper Class Research Class Research Class Research Class Research Orange Juice Yes Yes Brown No No No Medium No Potato Yes Yes Black Yes Yes Yes Medium Homogeneous Yes Oil No No Black No No No Very Good Yes Banana Yes Yes Black Yes Yes Yes Medium Yes Soda Yes Yes Brown No No No Poor No Egg white No No Brown No Yes Yes Poor/Separate No Egg yolk Yes Yes Brown No No Yes (little) Good/Separate Yes Water No No Red No No No Medium Homogeneous No Interpretations: The results from my research proved the in class lab results to be correct most of the time. There were only three tests that gave wrong or slightly incorrect results. One was the test for starch. The result for that test was that the solution turned black. That meant that there was starch present, even though my research proved the contrary. The second test was to see if there are lipids present in orange juice. The result in that test was that when the juice dried on the newspaper, it made the paper slightly transparent. That was a sign of lipids being present. However, in...

Get instant access

• Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
• Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
• To see the full version of this document and 146,905 others

OR

Receive email updates for this category

• Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
• Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
• Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk