Food · Puzzle #31 · Friday, October 30
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
- Potassium: 1 pt per 60 mg of potassium per 100 g
- Fat: 1 pt per 4 g of fat per 100 g
- Sugar rush: 1 pt per 3 g of sugar per 100 g
- Carbs: 1 pt per 6 g of carbs per 100 g
- Iron: 1 pt per 0.5 mg of iron per 100 g
- Vitamin C: 1 pt per 5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Protein: 1 pt per 2.5 g of protein 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
Tortilla chips
Corn chips for salsa and nachos

Photo: Andrew Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.5 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
French fries
Fast-food fries by the carton

Photo: StockSnap, CC0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Olive oil
Oil pressed from olives

Photo: Poyraz 72, CC BY-SA 4.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Chicken thigh
Dark meat, roasted

Photo: Willis Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Corn flakes
Toasted flakes of breakfast cereal

Photo: Th78blue, CC BY-SA 4.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Jalapeño
Green chili pepper with a kick

Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Prunes
Dried plums, famous for keeping things moving

Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Ranch dressing
Creamy herb dressing for wings and salads

Photo: Whitney from Chicago, IL, CC BY 2.0 On this board Ranch dressing scored best in Fat (10.0): it has 45 g of fat per 100 g. Vitamin C was its weakest fit (0.0): it has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g.
- Potassium
- has 64 mg of potassium per 100 g (1.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 45 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 4.7 g of sugar per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 5.9 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.3 mg of iron per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 430 calories per 100 g (8.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 1.3 g of protein per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central