You Are Looking at the Ingredient List for a Box

question 21

Multiple Choice

You are looking at the ingredient list for a box of cereal. The first five ingredients are, in order: whole grain oat flour, sugar, corn flour, whole wheat flour, and rice flour. What can you conclude about the sugar content of this product?

• A)Sugar provides the second most kilocalories.
• B)Sugar is the second ingredient added when making the cereal.
• C)Sugar is the second ingredient you will taste when eating the cereal.
• D)Sugar is the second highest ingredient by weight.

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