Question

For the protection of U.S. consumers, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closely regulates product labels, requiring manufacturers to list all of the ingredients in a product. On food labels, the ingredients are listed in order of quantity, so you know that there is more of the first ingredient than any other ingredient. For product labels, the quantity of each ingredient may be less important than the actual effect of the ingredient. Therefore, active ingredients are often separated from the inactive ingredients. Review the label from a common brand of mouthwash and answer the questions.

Match the words to the appropriate blanks in the sentences. Make certain each sentence is complete before submitting your answer.
cetylpyridinium chloride sodium benzoate thymol bond ingredients together alcohol water sorbitol solution freshen breath fight plaque and gingivitis sodium fluoride fight cavities sodium saccharin cetylpyridinium chloride
1.________ is the highest concentration active ingredient.
2. According to the label, its purpose in the mouthwash is to________ .
3. _______is the highest concentration inactive ingredient.

Answer 1

1. alcohol is the highest concentration active ingredient.

2. According to the label, its purpose in the mouthwash is to freshen breath, fight plaque and gingivitis .

3. cetylpyridinium chloride is the highest concentration inactive ingredient.

Step-by-step explanation:

The active ingredients are those that act directly as a treatment to eliminate a certain situation that the product is willing to fight. Inactive ingredients, however, have no direct action in this regard and do not act as a treatment, but have functions related to the composition and structure of the product, for example. In addition, on a label, the active and inactive ingredients that are in the highest concentrations in the product composition are listed first.

In this case, we can say that according to the label shown in the question above, alcohol is the active ingredient with the highest concentration, while cetylpyridinium chloride is the inactive ingredient with the lowest concentration.