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Which of the following food substances will produce a brick-red colour when warm...


Question

Which of the following food substances will produce a brick-red colour when warmed with Benedict's solution?

Options

A)
Glucose
B)
Starch
C)
Egg White
D)
Maltose

The correct answer is A.

Explanation:

In lab, we used Benedict's reagent to test for one particular reducing sugar: glucose. 

Benedict's reagent starts out aqua-blue. As it is heated in the presence of reducing sugars, it turns yellow to orange.


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