Food · Puzzle #12 · Sunday, October 11
Food: the board
Eight items, eight categories, one place each. Here is the board with every figure and where it comes from, and the best way to place them. Play today's Food.
The categories
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Carbs: 1 pt per 6 g of carbs per 100 g
- Vitamin C: 1 pt per 5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g
- From Asia: 10 pts if first grown or made in Asia
- Cholesterol: 1 pt per 10 mg of cholesterol per 100 g
- Watery: 1 pt per 10% water
- Fiber: 1 pt per gram of fiber per 100 g
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 60,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
The best board
- Green tea in Watery: is 100% water (10.0)
- Starfruit in From Asia: was first grown or made in Asia (10.0)
- Popcorn in Fiber: has 15 g of fiber per 100 g (10.0)
- Bison in Cholesterol: has 82 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (8.2)
- Tortilla chips in Calorie bomb: has 472 calories per 100 g (9.4)
- Tomato in Most looked-up: its Wikipedia article was read 778,960 times in 2025 (10.0)
- Kiwifruit in Vitamin C: has 93 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0)
- Corn flakes in Carbs: has 88 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0)
The most this board could score: 77.6 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Green tea
Brewed from unfermented leaves
Photo: Alessandro Martini, CC0 - Calorie bomb
- has 1 calories per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- was first grown or made in Asia (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 100% water (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 266,398 times in 2025 (4.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
Starfruit
Fruit whose slices are shaped like stars
Photo: Aqilla Rahmi, CC0 - Calorie bomb
- has 31 calories per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 6.7 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (1.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 34 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (6.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- was first grown or made in Asia (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 91% water (9.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 2.8 g of fiber per 100 g (2.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 234,844 times in 2025 (3.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
Popcorn
Puffed kernels at the movies
Photo: Bill Ebbesen, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Calorie bomb
- has 387 calories per 100 g (7.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 78 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 3.3% water (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 15 g of fiber per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 350,616 times in 2025 (5.8) Source: Wikimedia page views
Bison
Red meat of the buffalo
Photo: Jack Dykinga, Public domain - Calorie bomb
- has 143 calories per 100 g (2.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Cholesterol
- has 82 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (8.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 67% water (6.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 510,827 times in 2025 (8.5) Source: Wikimedia page views
Tortilla chips
Corn chips for salsa and nachos
Photo: Andrew Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.5 - Calorie bomb
- has 472 calories per 100 g (9.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 68 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 2.6% water (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 5.4 g of fiber per 100 g (5.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 20,532 times in 2025 (0.3) Source: Wikimedia page views
Tomato
Red fruit that cooks treat as a vegetable
Photo: Softeis, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Calorie bomb
- has 18 calories per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 3.9 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 14 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (2.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 95% water (9.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 1.2 g of fiber per 100 g (1.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 778,960 times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
Kiwifruit
Fuzzy brown fruit with green flesh inside
Photo: Keledjian Alexandre, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Calorie bomb
- has 61 calories per 100 g (1.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 15 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (2.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 93 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- was first grown or made in Asia (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 83% water (8.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 3 g of fiber per 100 g (3.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 486,061 times in 2025 (8.1) Source: Wikimedia page views
Corn flakes
Toasted flakes of breakfast cereal
Photo: Th78blue, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Calorie bomb
- has 384 calories per 100 g (7.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 88 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 65 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 3.3% water (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 2.7 g of fiber per 100 g (2.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 192,133 times in 2025 (3.2) Source: Wikimedia page views
