Food Lab

Yesterday we did a food lab where we added iodine and benedict to each food to see the reaction. We as a group found that most of the sugary foods such as our Skittles and our Double- bubble gum had the biggest reactions. The Iodine mostly turned the Skittles and gum into a black sort of color and the benedict in boiling water turned the candy into a bright orange color. I would like to find out what would happen if we did the same lab only with sugar free gum and sugar free candy. Would it have the same reaction or a different?? What is the difference between sugar and sugar free candy? I felt like this lab was really fun and I liked working with the people I had in my lab. I feel that doing labs in this class helps me to visually see what we are learning about in the classroom. I am mostly a visual learner so it helps to actually see the reactions than read about it on a web page or a book. :)