amount of lycopene found in a bottle of 17g with 4g of sugar

5) Refer to the nutritional data on a bottle of ketchup. How many grams are in a serving? How many grams of sugar are in a serving? How many milligrams of salt are in a serving? Based on the data from today\'s experiment (and assuming that the ketchup is mainly tomato paste), approximately how many grams of lycopene are in a serving? Lycopene has health benefits as an antioxidant. Do you think ketchup is a good way to add lycopene to your diet? Explain. Serving size (g) u a brand: Heinz Amt. sugar (g) 4 g Amount of lycopene (approximate g)(show work): Amt. salt (mg)

Solution

Amount of tomato paste per serving= 17(tomato ketchup)-4(sugar) = 13 gm.

Amount of lycopene in tomato paste usually is 125 ug/gm.

therefore 13 gm will have 125*13= 1625 ug of lycopene.

So a serving of tomato ketchup 17 gm) will have 1.625 mg of lycopene.

Ketchup is good way to add lycopene in diet because percentage of lycopene is very high compared to tomato juice and soup.

(PS ug >> microgram).