LSAT 131 – Section 2 – Question 05

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Gilbert: This food label is mistaken. It says that these cookies contain only natural ingredients, but they contain alphahydroxy acids that are chemically synthesized by the cookie company at their plant.

Sabina: The label is not mistaken. After all, alphahydroxy acids also are found occurring naturally in sugarcane.

Summarize Argument
Sabina concludes that the label is not mistaken. This is because alphahydroxy acids are found naturally in sugarcane.

Notable Assumptions
Sabina assumes that if a substance can occur naturally, then should be considered “natural,” even in instances where that substance has been chemically synthesized.

A
The cookie company has recently dropped alphahydroxy acids from its cookie ingredients.
We care about the cookies in the package with the specific label in question. We don’t care about literally any other cookies.
B
Not all chemicals that are part of the manufacturing process are ingredients of the cookies.
Irrelevant. Alphahydroxy acids are certainly contained in the cookies, so we don’t care if they’re technically an ingredient or not.
C
The label was printed before the cookie company decided to switch from sugarcane alphahydroxy acids to synthesized ones.
We don’t know if the cookies in question use sugarcane alphahydroxy acids or synthesized ones. If it’s the latter, then we need to know how alphahydroxy acids can indeed be called “natural.”
D
Many other foods advertising all natural ingredients also contain some ingredients that are chemically synthesized.
We don’t care about other foods. Besides, these foods may also be making a false claim about whether or not they contain only natural ingredients.
E
All substances except those that do not occur naturally in any source are considered natural.
The only unnatural substances are those that don’t occur naturally anywhere. Since alphahydroxy acids occur in sugarcane, they’re natural. Thus, the cookies were made with all-natural ingredients.

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