Today's quiz: do any of these foods contain water?
Posted by kathryn in Food & Health Myths
Following last week’s quick quizzes on carbs and fibre – today I want to know if any of these foods contain water?
- bread
- milk
- pumpkin
- lamb
- tofu
- broccoli
- apples
- olive oil
- butter
- salmon
- bananas
- rice
- hazelnuts
- chickpeas
- sultanas
Leave your thoughts in the comments below and I’ll post the answers tomorrow.
Photograph by Wester under the terms of a creative commons license.
21 April, 2008
Comments
All of them, with the exception of the olive oil (assuming it’s pure), contain water.
ditto to the comment above – everything on the list except OO would have some fraction of water.
I’m going to have to echo those above!
this is really interesting. i’m inclined to go with the commenters above, but it’s hard to imagine there being much water in rice or hazelnuts… it must be such a tiny amount!
Well done everyone, you all got it right. ALL of the foods above except olive oil have water in them. The quantity of water varies enormously. Broccoli and milk are almost 90 percent water, while uncooked rice and chickpeas are about 11 percent and hazelnuts a measly 5 percent.
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