Afood label ingredient list reads in the following order: wheat flour, vegetable shortening, sugar, salt, and cornstarch. what item would be found in the smallest amount in this food? a. saltb. sugarc. cornstarchd. wheat flour

The correct answer is- cornstarch

Explanation:

According to the FDA, all the ingredients used in the food should be present on the food label ingredient list. Ingredients are listed in their predominance order which means the ingredient which makes most of the amount of food should be present on the top which is followed by the ingredient in descending order of their amount.

So according to this the ingredient which is present at the last will be present in the smallest amount in the food. So here the order of ingredient is  Wheat flour, vegetable shortening, sugar, salt, and cornstarch so as cornstarch is present in the last and bottom, therefore, it would be found in the smallest amount in this food.

the answer is d

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