BI-165
Food tests
Biology · Secondary 3 · Medium · Food tests
A food sample gives a blue-black colour with iodine solution but remains blue with Benedict’s solution after heating. Which statement explains these results?
- The food contains starch but no reducing sugar.
- The food contains reducing sugar but no starch.
- The food contains both starch and reducing sugar.
- The food contains neither starch nor reducing sugar.
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