Question

Look and bring any food product label. Paste your chosen food product label in
the box. Identify which of the substances are classified as elements and compounds.
From the contained compounds, choose three and determine the constituent elements.
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Answer 1

The food label is attached below.

Elements:

• Any substance which only has one type of constituent atom is called an element.
• From the given food label, nutritional elements like Iron, Potassium, and Sodium are elements.

Compounds:

• Compounds are made when two or more than two types of elements combine together using a chemical bond.
• From the given food label, Salt, Sucrose, Citric Acid, malic Acid, Yeast Extract, and all the oils are compounds.
• Salt (NaCl) is a compound having elements sodium and chlorine.
• Sucrose (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁) is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
• Citric Acid [(CH₂CO₂H)₂] is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.