A food label ingredient list reads in the following order: wheat flour, vegetable shortening, sugar, salt, and cornstarch. What item would be found in the smallest amount in the food?

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A food label ingredient list reads in the following order: wheat flour, vegetable shortening, sugar, salt, and cornstarch. What item would be found in the smallest amount in the food? ​

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Ingredients on a food label are listed in descending order by their percentage of weight in the product, with the ingredient that weighs the most listed first. Therefore, the ingredient listed last (cornstarch) would be found in the smallest amount in the food.

A Food Label Ingredient List Reads in the Following Order