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TESS Training and Experiment System
Food Chemistry with 52 experiments in chemistry
For Food Chemistry, Phywe's TESS Chemical box 5 and TESS Chemical box 2 equipment sets offer the opportunity to conduct 52 experiments, which are clearly presented in the experiment literature.
Chemistry, Food Chemistry
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Proteins
- Structure and composition of proteins
- Proteins include sulphur-containing building blocks
- Coagulation of albumen changes its composition
- Curd production process
Fats
- Solubility of fats
- Oil extraction
- Lard production
- Determination of the density of fats
- Soap production
- Extinguishing fires in cooking fat or oil
- Composition of fats
- Determination of water content of fat products
- Lecithin extraction
- Margarine production
- Demonstrating the presence of fats with dyes
- Removing grease spots
- Production of butter
- Fresh and used deep-fry fat
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TESS Chemistry box 5 13294-88
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Luxury foodstuffs
- Determining the presence of methanol
- Tanning agents in tea
- Caffeine in food
Spices
- Active ingredients in pepper
Carbohydrates
- Definition of 'carbohydrate'
- Solubility of carbohydrates
- Caramel and caramel colouring
- Determining the presence of glucose with Fehling’s solution
- Reducing effect of glucose
- Fructose
- Invert sugar syrup, known as 'artificial honey'
- Lactose
- Starch assay
- Potato starch and paste
- Composition of starch
- Alcohol production from starch
- Gluten
- Pectins
- Hydrolysis of starch in digestion
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TESS Chemistry box 2 13298-88
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Vitamins and minerals
- Determining the presence of vitamin C
- Determining the presence of anions
Water
- Drinking water purification
- Nitrogenous compounds
- Carbon dioxide
Additives
- Ammonium in liquorice
- Phosphates in meat products
- Determining the presence of nitrites in meat products
- Enzymatic browning
- Baking powder
- Emulsifiers
- Processed cheese
- Flavour enhancers
- Enzymatic degradation of proteins
- Catalase
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Student experiments - Food chemistry 01839-02
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Equipment
The Chemistry equipment range consists of two complementary equipment sets required to conduct the experiments
| TESS Chemistry box 5 "Food chemistry" |
13293-88 |
| TESS Chemistry box 2 "Stand material and equipment" |
13298-88 |
Experiment literature
Student experiments - Food chemistry 01839-02
interTESS DVD 01100-00
