Culver High School
CHE 124
Lab: identifying nutrients The purpose of this lab was to explore the presence of nutrients in food by giving random samples and seeing what happened when mixing certain things. The question for this lab was if the mystery food sample had different types of nutrients. My hypothesis was that the mystery food sample would have at least two of the nutrients
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Lab: identifying nutrients The purpose of this lab was to explore the presence of nutrients in food by giving random samples and seeing what happened when mixing certain things. The question for this lab was if the mystery food sample had different types of nutrients. My hypothesis was that the mystery food sample would have at least two of the nutrients that it was being tested for. Variables Independent variables Dependent variable Biuret solution Liquid gelatin Sudan red Vegetable oil Lugol’s solution Polysac. solution Benedict’s solution Monosac. solution Identifier solution Mystery food sample Materials ● 100 mL beaker ● Graduated pipette ● Mystery food sample ● Hot plate ● Hot pad ● Latex and insulated gloves ● Biuret solution ● Sudan red ● Lugol’s solution ● Benedict’s solution ● Liquid gelatin ● Vegetable oil ● Polysac. Solution ● Monosac. Solution
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