A reducing sugar gives a precipitate of silver metal with Benedict's reagent.

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Benedict's reagent is used to test for reducing sugars, but it does not produce a precipitate of silver metal; instead, it gives a precipitate that is typically green, yellow, orange, red, or brown, depending on the amount of reducing sugar present. The formation of a silver metal precipitate is characteristic of the Tollens' test, not Benedict's test.

A Reducing Sugar Gives a Precipitate of Silver Metal with Benedict's