Food · Puzzle #21 · Tuesday, October 20
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
- Protein: 1 pt per 2.5 g of protein per 100 g
- Iron: 1 pt per 0.5 mg of iron per 100 g
- Sugar rush: 1 pt per 3 g of sugar per 100 g
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- From Asia: 10 pts if first grown or made in Asia
- Vitamin C: 1 pt per 5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g
- Watery: 1 pt per 10% water
- Salty: 1 pt per doubling over 1 mg of sodium per 100 g
The best board
The best board is hidden while some of these items are still in play: they're on a board again within 14 days.
The lineup, figure by figure
White rice
Staple grain for half the world
Photo: Hannahdownes, CC BY-SA 4.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Milk chocolate
Creamy chocolate bar
Photo: Ubcule, CC BY-SA 4.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Gummy bears
Chewy fruit-flavored bears
Photo: Jebulon, CC0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Sesame seeds
Seeds sprinkled on burger buns
Photo: Sanjay ach, CC BY-SA 3.0 Sesame seeds have 15 mg of iron per 100 g, so their best fit on this board was Iron, worth 10.0. Their weakest was From Asia, worth 0.0, since they weren't first grown or made in Asia.
- Protein
- has 18 g of protein per 100 g (7.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 15 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.3 g of sugar per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 573 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 4.7% water (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 11 mg of sodium per 100 g (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Radish
Peppery little root, red outside
Photo: Self, en:User:Jengod, Public domain Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Brie
Soft cheese with a bloomy white rind
Photo: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0 Brie has 629 mg of sodium per 100 g, so its best fit on this board was Salty, worth 9.3. Its weakest was From Asia, worth 0.0, since it wasn't first grown or made in Asia.
- Protein
- has 21 g of protein per 100 g (8.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.5 mg of iron per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.45 g of sugar per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 334 calories per 100 g (6.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 48% water (4.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 629 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Papaya
Fruit with a hollow full of black seeds
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Soy sauce
Dark sauce brewed from soybeans
Photo: 국립국어원, CC BY-SA 2.0 kr Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
