Question

When reading a food label you discover your favorite ice cream has 12 grams of fat per serving and 240 calories. Approximately what percentage of the total calories are from fat

Answer 1

Answer:

45 %

Explanation:

Given:

Ice cream has 12 grams of fat per serving

Energy from per serving ice cream is 240 kilo calorie.

We have to find percentage of the total calories from fat ?

Solution:

Caloric value of 1 gram fat = 9 kilo calorie        (As we know)

Caloric value of 12 gram fat = $9\times12 = 108$ kilo calorie.

It is given that energy from per serving ice cream is 240 kilo calorie,

therefore the percentage of the total calories from fat is, $\frac{108}{240} \times100 = \frac{10800}{240} = 45\%$