Food · Puzzle #2 · Thursday, October 1
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
- Fiber: 1 pt per gram of fiber per 100 g
- From Asia: 10 pts if first grown or made in Asia
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 60,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- Vitamin C: 1 pt per 5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g
- Calcium: 1 pt per 20 mg of calcium per 100 g
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Wake-up call: 10 pts if it has caffeine
- Sugar rush: 1 pt per 3 g of sugar per 100 g
The best board
- Soy sauce in From Asia: was first grown or made in Asia (10.0)
- Sesame seeds in Calorie bomb: has 573 calories per 100 g (10.0)
- Milk chocolate in Wake-up call: has caffeine (10.0)
- Passion fruit in Fiber: has 10 g of fiber per 100 g (10.0)
- Brie in Calcium: has 184 mg of calcium per 100 g (9.2)
- Tofu in Most looked-up: its Wikipedia article was read 666,317 times in 2025 (10.0)
- Lemon in Vitamin C: has 53 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0)
- Fudge in Sugar rush: has 73 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0)
The most this board could score: 79.2 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Soy sauce
Dark sauce brewed from soybeans
Photo: 국립국어원, CC BY-SA 2.0 kr - Fiber
- has 0.8 g of fiber per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- was first grown or made in Asia (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 271,402 times in 2025 (4.5) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 33 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 53 calories per 100 g (1.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.4 g of sugar per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Sesame seeds
Seeds sprinkled on burger buns
Photo: Sanjay ach, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Fiber
- has 12 g of fiber per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 367,802 times in 2025 (6.1) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 975 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 573 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.3 g of sugar per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Milk chocolate
Creamy chocolate bar
Photo: Ubcule, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Fiber
- has 3.4 g of fiber per 100 g (3.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 148,363 times in 2025 (2.5) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 189 mg of calcium per 100 g (9.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 535 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has caffeine (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 52 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Passion fruit
Wrinkly shell full of pulp and seeds
Photo: Nana Pearls, CC0 - Fiber
- has 10 g of fiber per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 169,199 times in 2025 (2.8) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Vitamin C
- has 30 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (6.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 12 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 97 calories per 100 g (1.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 11 g of sugar per 100 g (3.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Brie
Soft cheese with a bloomy white rind
Photo: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Fiber
- has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 167,498 times in 2025 (2.8) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 184 mg of calcium per 100 g (9.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 334 calories per 100 g (6.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.45 g of sugar per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Tofu
Bean curd pressed into blocks
Photo: DryPot, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Fiber
- has 0.9 g of fiber per 100 g (0.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- was first grown or made in Asia (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 666,317 times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Vitamin C
- has 0.2 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 201 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 78 calories per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.6 g of sugar per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Lemon
Citrus behind lemonade and lemon meringue pie
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5 - Fiber
- has 2.8 g of fiber per 100 g (2.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- was first grown or made in Asia (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 531,889 times in 2025 (8.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Vitamin C
- has 53 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 26 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 29 calories per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 2.5 g of sugar per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Fudge
Soft squares of chocolate candy
Photo: Siona Watson, CC BY 2.0 - Fiber
- has 1.7 g of fiber per 100 g (1.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 137,273 times in 2025 (2.3) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 49 mg of calcium per 100 g (2.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 410 calories per 100 g (8.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has caffeine (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 73 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
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