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?
a. corn oil
b. palm oil
c. sugar
d. coconut oil
Ans: d. coconut oil
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Which of the following species of fish would likely contain the highest levels of contaminants?
What will be an ideal response?
A feature of catabolic reactions is that they
a. involve release of energy. b. occur only in mitochondria. c. involve consumption of energy. d. occur only during loss of body weight.