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What is the Brown paper bag test?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 11/6/2022

In food science this test is used to determine if a substance is fat or not. It is a crude test but it works in a pinch. Rubbing the unknown substance on the brown paper bag if fat is present the bag will get translucent. If it is water based it just gets wet.

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∙ 13y ago

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