Question

A food label for one of your favorite snacks claims that the food contains only polyunsaturated fats. what can you infer from this claim? responses

a. the fatty acids of the lipid molecules in the food contain more than one double bond.

b. the bonds between the carbon atoms in the fatty acids in the food are all single bonds.

c. each fatty acid in the food has only one carbon-carbon double bond.

d. the fatty acids of the lipid molecules in the food contain the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms.

Answer 1

The correct option is A.
Unsaturated fats are the kind of fats that contain at least one double bond.Therefore, a polyunsaturated fat is one that contain more than one double bond in its molecule. In fats, double bonds signify the level of unsaturation of a molecule. Unsaturated fats are considered to be a more healthy choice than saturated fats.