- Foods
contain starches, sugars, fats, and/or proteins.
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Specific chemical and physical tests can be used to determine whether a
food contains starches, sugars (in this unit, glucose), fats, or
proteins.
- Iodine
can be used to test for starches, glucose test paper for glucose.
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Varying amounts of starches, sugars, fats, and proteins are found in
foods.
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Starches and sugars are carbohydrates.
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Glucose is a kind of sugar.
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Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, vitamins, and minerals are
nutrients.
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Nutrients are essential to human health.
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