Gizmo Warm-up Have you ever wondered what is in your food? Scientists use a variety of tests to determine the nutritiona

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Gizmo Warm-up Have you ever wondered what is in your food? Scientists use a variety of tests to determine the nutritional content of food. You will learn four of those tests with the Identifying Nutrients Gizmo. 1. Below the Food samples label, drag tube A into the Food sample holder. Below the Benedict test, click the Test button. What is done in the Benedict test? O Food samples P Carbohydrate test Test Benedict t Test Food sample holder Sample K K 2006 jodm 2. The Benedict solution is a test for monosaccharides; simple sugars like glucose or fructose (fruit sugar); and some disaccharides such as lactose and maltose. In contact with these sugars, the Benedict solution turns from blue to green to orange. For simplicity, we will consider the Benedict test a test for monosaccharides only. Does Sample A contain these sugars? Note: Sucrose (table sugar) is a disaccharide that is not detected by the Benedict test. Foods sweetened only with table sugar will show a negative Benedict test.