Question

A food scientist is developing a new and improved cereal bar. She consults with you to about the ordering of the ingredients on a food label. The ingredients are: Sugar: 30 g, Puffed wheat: 28 g, Dry milk powder: 5 g, Red food coloring: 35 mg, Salt: 2 g. What is the appropriate order in which to list these ingredients on the food label?

Answer 1

Sugar – 30 g

Puffed Wheat – 28 g

Dry milk powder- 5 g

Salt – 2 g

Step-by-step explanation:

The very basic rule of listing the ingredients in any food item are as follows –

a) The item with the maximum weight must be placed at the top

b) The item with the lowest weight must be placed at the bottom

c) Any ingredient whose weight < 5% of the total food weight, then it must not be listed.

Based on the above rule, the correct order of ingredient list is

Sugar – 30 g

Puffed Wheat – 28 g

Dry milk powder- 5 g

Salt – 2 g

No need to put Red food coloring in the list