Question

In the past, consumers would rarely walk into an ice cream store and order low-fat ice cream. But that isn't the case today. An increasing health consciousness combined with a bigger selection of tasty low-fat foods in all categories has made low-fat ice cream a very profitable item for ice cream store owners.
This paragraph best supports the statement that

• A. low-fat ice cream produces more revenue than other low-fat foods.
• B. ice cream store owners would be better off carrying only low-fat ice cream.
• C. ice cream store owners no longer think that low-fat ice cream is an unpopular item.
• D. low-fat ice cream is more popular than other kinds of ice cream.
• E. consumers are fickle and it is impossible to please them.

Answer 1

The correct option is C ice cream store owners no longer think that low-fat ice cream is an unpopular item.

This choice is supported as the best answer because the paragraph indicates that lo-fat ice cream was once an unpopular item, but now, because consumer are more heath conscious and because there is a wider array of tasty low-fat foods, low-fat ice cream is a profitable item for ice cream store owners. There is no indication that choices a,b,d or e are true based on the information given.