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Biochemistry

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ISBN:9781319114671

Author:Lubert Stryer, Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr.

Publisher:Lubert Stryer, Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr.

Chapter1: Biochemistry: An Evolving Science

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The Nutrition Facts label for Pam Non-Stick Cooking Spray indicates 0 Calories per serving. This label also makes it clear that the primary ingredients in Pam Non-Stick Cooking Spray are CANOLA OIL and SOY LECITHIN. Explain How can this be listed as a “0 Calorie Food” when you determined in Lab Exercise 9A that fats contain ~8.9 Calories/g.

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Nonstick cooking sprays like Pam is mostly convenient to use and is said to be fat-free cooking. Nonstick cooking sprays generally used are simply an oil (canola) that is thinned out using water. Here, water and oil mixed with an emulsifying agent like lecithin are kept suspended.

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