Combined Science GCSE

Benedict's solution

What Benedict's solution means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.

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Reagent added to the food sample and heated in a water bath, where a blue to green, yellow, orange or brick-red colour indicates a reducing sugar.

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