Question

ou work for a company that manufactures food products. A new "wonder food" contains only carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. At this point, your research can say with certainty that the food ______.

Answer 1

Answer: B)does not include proteins or nucleic acids.

Step-by-step explanation:

Carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen are very important elements in the production of various compounds that result in food for the human race and perhaps the most popular of those is carbohydrates.

They are also important in the formation of Proteins and nucleic acids. In these two however, the aforementioned elements need another element to form them. That element would be Nitrogen. As this new wonder food is lacking in nitrogen it can be confidently said that it does not include any proteins or nucleic acids.