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→Testing For Lipids
===Testing For Lipids===
: Adding lipids to paper can turn the paper translucent.
=====The Paper Test Method=====
: 1. Take a small sample of food.
: 2. Wipe it on a piece of paper.
| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |There are two patches where fat has been asborbed by the paper.
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=====The Alcohol Emulsion Test Method=====
: 1. Take a small sample of food.
: 2. Place the food in [[ethanol]] and mix by shaking or stirring.
: 3. [[Filter]] the [[mixture]].
: 4. Add the clear [[solution]] to some water.
: 5. If lipids are present then a white [[emulsion]] will appear.