Weight lost
Weight of
Weight of Weight of from the
Weight of Weight of the beaker
beaker with Weight of the beaker food
empty new empty and % Lipid
Foods crushed raw new empty with dried (weight of
beaker, (g) beaker and remaining extraction
food, (g) beaker, (g) food, (g) lipid
(W1) liquid, (g) food after
(W2) (W3) extracted),
heating, (g)
(g)
Chocolate
68.65 69.84 35.55 37.81 35.56 69.80 0.04 3.4%
chips
Potato chips 72.94 74.22 37.50 40.31 37.72 73.94 0.28 21.9%
Sunflower
65.86 67.04 36.56 39.17 36.82 66.64 0.40 33.9%
seeds
Cookies 74.96 76.23 38.80 40.31 38.96 75.95 0.28 22.0%
Soybean 53.89 55.15 30.73 31.39 30.77 54.99 0.16 12.7%
Method of Calculation
Weight of Lipid Extracted = W2 – W3
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% Lipid extraction = –