describe how you would find out whether protein is present in a particular food
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Answer:
Take some food and grind it and put it in a taste tube. add 10 drop water in it and shake it. then add 2 drop of copper sulphate solutions in it and shake it. then add 10 drop caustic soda in it. And mix it if the colour change in to blue- black colour. Then we can know in this food item protein is present
Answer:
It can be checked through a test.
Explanation:
1. Xanthoproteic test : Take a small amount of egg white in a test tube. Add dilute nitric acid . Warm it gently till a yellow colour appears. Cool and decant the acid from the tube carefully. Add a few drops of ammonium hydroxide into it and note the change in colour. A bright orange colour appears. This indicates that the egg white contains proteins.
To find out whether protein is present in a particular food or not, you can try this test.
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