3. Nutritional Information
Starch I chose gummy bears
because I like gummy
bears and I wanted to
see what was in it.
Protein
It does have starch and
Glucose glucose because they are
both carbohydrate. It has no
fat. It said it did have protein
in the test. I think this is
because there is only a little
Fat bit of protein. There is a little
pit of protein in the gelatin
and the gelatin is needed to
hold the gummy bears
together.
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4. Food Tests
Testing for Glucose
1. Put one whole gummy bear into a test tube
Testing for Fat
1. Get a gummy bear
2. Put water until about the gummy bear is covered
2. Get a filter paper
3. Add Benedict’s solution into the test tube
3. Rub the gummy bear to the filter paper
4. Put it in a hot water bath heated up to 80ºC
4. If the filter turns transparent, fat is present
5. Keep it in for about 20min.
6. If it turns orange (or yellow), glucose is present
Testing for Starch Testing for Protein
1. Put one whole gummy bear into a 1. Put one whole gummy bear into a test tube
test tube 2. Put water until about the gummy bear is covered
2. Put water until about the gummy 3. Add Biuret A and Biuret B
bear is covered 4. Put it in a hot water bath heated up to 80ºC
3. Add iodine into the test tube 5. Keep it in for about 20min.
4. If it turns black, starch is present 6. If it turns purple, protein is present
6. Mouth
The teeth grind and chew
the gummy bear into
small pieces
The saliva contains an
enzyme which starts
breaking down the starch
particles in the gummy
bears
The mucus in our saliva
helps us swallow the food
7. Duodenum
The enzymes in the
duodenum finish
breaking down the
starch particles into
sugar particles
Now the sugar
particles are small
enough to be
absorbed
8. Small Intestines
They are absorbed by
little finger-like
extensions called the
villi
It is absorbed into the
blood stream to be
used as a source of
energy for the body
