Food · Puzzle #3 · Friday, October 2
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
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Fat: 1 pt per 4 g of fat per 100 g
- Fiber: 1 pt per gram of fiber per 100 g
- Potassium: 1 pt per 60 mg of potassium per 100 g
- Sugar rush: 1 pt per 3 g of sugar per 100 g
- Calcium: 1 pt per 20 mg of calcium per 100 g
- From the Americas: 10 pts if first grown or made in the Americas
The best board
- Mayonnaise in Calorie bomb: has 680 calories per 100 g (10.0)
- Almonds in Potassium: has 733 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0)
- White chocolate in Calcium: has 199 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0)
- Salami in Protein: has 22 g of protein per 100 g (8.7)
- Zucchini in From the Americas: was first grown or made in the Americas (10.0)
- Pecans in Fiber: has 9.6 g of fiber per 100 g (9.6)
- Raisins in Sugar rush: has 65 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0)
- Peanut butter in Fat: has 51 g of fat per 100 g (10.0)
The most this board could score: 78.3 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Mayonnaise
Creamy emulsion of oil and egg
Photo: jules, CC BY 2.0 - Protein
- has 0.96 g of protein per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 680 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 75 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 20 mg of potassium per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.57 g of sugar per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 8 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- wasn't first grown or made in the Americas (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Almonds
Teardrop-shaped nut, made into milk
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Protein
- has 21 g of protein per 100 g (8.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 579 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 50 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 13 g of fiber per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 733 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 4.3 g of sugar per 100 g (1.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 269 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- wasn't first grown or made in the Americas (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
White chocolate
Cocoa butter candy, no cocoa solids
Photo: Mixy Lorenzo, CC BY 2.0 - Protein
- has 5.9 g of protein per 100 g (2.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 539 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 32 g of fat per 100 g (8.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 0.2 g of fiber per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 286 mg of potassium per 100 g (4.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 59 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 199 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- wasn't first grown or made in the Americas (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Salami
Dry-cured sausage in thin slices
Photo: Petar43, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Protein
- has 22 g of protein per 100 g (8.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 425 calories per 100 g (8.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 37 g of fat per 100 g (9.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 340 mg of potassium per 100 g (5.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 1.2 g of sugar per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 10 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- wasn't first grown or made in the Americas (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Zucchini
Green summer squash
Photo: Evan-Amos, Public domain - Protein
- has 1.2 g of protein per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 17 calories per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 0.32 g of fat per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 1 g of fiber per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 261 mg of potassium per 100 g (4.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 2.5 g of sugar per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 16 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- was first grown or made in the Americas (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Pecans
Nut behind a Thanksgiving pie
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Protein
- has 9.2 g of protein per 100 g (3.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 691 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 72 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 9.6 g of fiber per 100 g (9.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 410 mg of potassium per 100 g (6.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 4 g of sugar per 100 g (1.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 70 mg of calcium per 100 g (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- was first grown or made in the Americas (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Raisins
Dried grapes, a lunchbox classic
Photo: Paweł Kuźniar (Jojo_1, Jojo), CC BY-SA 3.0 - Protein
- has 3.3 g of protein per 100 g (1.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 299 calories per 100 g (6.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 0.25 g of fat per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 4.5 g of fiber per 100 g (4.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 744 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 65 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 62 mg of calcium per 100 g (3.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- wasn't first grown or made in the Americas (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Peanut butter
Ground peanuts for PB&J
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Protein
- has 22 g of protein per 100 g (8.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 598 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 51 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fiber
- has 5 g of fiber per 100 g (5.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 558 mg of potassium per 100 g (9.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 10 g of sugar per 100 g (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 49 mg of calcium per 100 g (2.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- was first grown or made in the Americas (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
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