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The food labels given below give information about \(2\) types of soup: cream of tomato and sweet corn. Use these labels to answer the given questions. (All the servings are based on a \(2000\) calorie diet.)
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Sweet Corn
Nutrition facts
Serving Size \(1\) cup (\(240 \ ml\))
About \(2\) serving per Container |
Cream of Tomato
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size \(1\) cup (\(240 \ ml\)) About \(2\) serving per Container |
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| Amount Per Serving | Amount Per Serving | ||
| Calories \(90\) | Calories from fat \(9\) | Calories \(100\) | Calories from fat \(20\) |
| \(\%\) Daily value\(^*\) | \(\%\) Daily value\(^*\) | ||
| Total Fat \(2 \ g\) | \(2 \%\) | Total Fat \(2 \ g\) | \(3 \%\) |
| Saturated Fat-\(0 \ g\) | \(0 \%\) | Saturated Fat-\(1.5 \ g\) | \(6 \%\) |
| Cholesterol \(0 \ mg\) | \(0 \%\) | Cholesterol \(10 \ mg\) | \(3 \%\) |
| Sodium \(540 \ mg\) | \(22 \%\) | Sodium \(690 \ mg\) | \(29 \%\) |
| Total Carbohydrate \(17 \ g\) | \(6 \%\) | Total Carbohydrate \(17 \ g\) | \(6 \%\) |
| Dietary Fibre \(3 \ g\) | \(14 \%\) | Dietary Fibre \(4 \ g\) | \(18 \%\) |
| Sugar \(5 \ g\) | Sugar \(11 \ g\) | ||
| Protein \(3g\) | Protein \(2g\) | ||
| Vitamin A \(30 \%\) | Vitamin C \(10 \%\) | Vitamin A \(20 \%\) | Vitamin C \(20 \%\) |
| Calcium \(2 \%\) | Iron \(6 \%\) | Calcium \(0 \%\) | Iron \(8 \%\) |
| \(*\) Per cent Daily Values are based on a \(2000\) calorie diet. |
\(*\) Per cent Daily Values are based on a \(2000\) calorie diet.
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(a) Which can be measured more accurately : the total amount of fat in cream of tomato soup or the total amount of fat in sweet corn soup? Explain.
(b) One serving of cream of tomato soup contains \(29 \%\) of the recommended daily value of sodium for a \(2000\) calorie diet. What is the recommended daily value of sodium in milligrams? Express the answer upto \(2\) decimal places. \(mg\)
(c) Calculate ratio of calories from fat in sweet corn soup to the calories from fat in cream of tomato soup.
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