Question

The brown paper test for lipids is positive when food is placed on the paper and a spot forms which will allow light to pass through it. Which food would give the strongest positive test for lipids? A) oatmeal B) margarine C) corn syrup D) chicken broth

Answer 1

maragarine

is the answer

Answer 2

The question translates to finding which of the above foods contains more lipids. Oatmeal contains predominantly hydrocarbons, corn syrup contains mostly sugars and chicken broth mostly proteins since it derives from meat. We know though that margarine is pretty much compact plant lipids; thus we expect margarine to show the strongest positive result.