Question

The label on a box of granola indicates that it contains 13 grams of added sugars, and 240 Calories per serving. What percent of Calories in a serving comes from added sugars?

Answer 1

Answer:

22 percent of Calories in a serving comes from added sugars

Explanation:

Sugars mentioned in the food products are usually processed sugars, chemically called fructose (which is a combination of glucose and sucrose). Sugars gives four Calories of energy per gram. So, 13 grams of sugar will give thirteen times of four, which is 52 Calories.

The percentage can be calculated from the following formula:

$Percentage= (\frac{Calories from sugars}{TotalCalories perserving})(100)$

$Percentage= (\frac{52}{240})(100)\\ \\ Percentage= 22$