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Gold award: Detecting food fraud
In this Crest Gold Award accredited project, students are provided some suggestions for project work based around adulterated foods. Suggested investigations include:
- determining the concentration of standard and 'value' brands of common household products such as bleaches, detergents and vinegars.
- finding the cocoa content of different chocolates.
- chemical analysis of various oils to determine possible adulteration of virgin olive oil
- using DNA extraction technique and gel electrophoresis to determine the species content of fish fingers
The projects are expected to take up to 70 hours of student time.
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