Question

One serving of an ice cream topping provides 40% DV for saturated fat. The ingredient list reads as follows: Sugar, corn oil, coconut oil, milk, palm oil, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor. Which ingredient contributes the most saturated fat?

Answer 1

Coconut oil contributes the most saturated fat

Step-by-step explanation:

Firstly, it is important to determine the individual amount if saturated fat in all the ingredients

A) 100 gram of Sugar - 0 grams

B)100 gram of corn oil - 13 g

C) 100 gram of coconut oil - 87 g

D) 100 gram of milk - 0.6 g

E) 100 gram of palm oil - 49 g

F) 100 gram of soy lecithin - 2.9 g

G) Natural and artificial flavor - 0 g

The highest amount of saturated fat is present in coconut oil followed by palm oil.

Hence, coconut oil contributes the most saturated fat