In a chemical reaction, substances react in a specific ratio. Chemical reactions are used to make many products, including food. For a company that carries out a chemical reaction to make a product, why would it be important to know the ratio of substances?

“Chemical equations need to be balanced in order to satisfy the law of conservation of matter, which states that in a closed system matter is neither created nor destroyed. There are some things called mole ratios, which are important because mole ratios allow you change moles of a substance to moles of another substance. The mole ratio is the magic that changes from A to B. The mole ratios come from the chemical formula or equation.”

You need to make sure you have an equal balance so that you don’t make a mistake and mess up the reaction. If anything goes minutely wrong, it may alter the substance. Knowing the ratios of substances can help to make the product as expected.