Food · Puzzle #36 · Wednesday, November 4
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
- Calcium: 1 pt per 20 mg of calcium per 100 g
- Salty: 1 pt per doubling over 1 mg of sodium per 100 g
- Protein: 1 pt per 2.5 g of protein per 100 g
- Vitamin C: 1 pt per 5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g
- From the Americas: 10 pts if first grown or made in the Americas
- Sugar rush: 1 pt per 3 g of sugar per 100 g
- Potassium: 1 pt per 60 mg of potassium per 100 g
- Wake-up call: 10 pts if it has caffeine
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
Cinnamon roll
Swirled pastry with icing
Photo: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0 Cinnamon roll has 32 g of sugar per 100 g, so its best fit on this board was Sugar rush, worth 10.0. Its weakest was From the Americas, worth 0.0, since it wasn't first grown or made in the Americas.
- Calcium
- has 72 mg of calcium per 100 g (3.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 304 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 6.2 g of protein per 100 g (2.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 2 mg of vitamin C 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
- Sugar rush
- has 32 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 111 mg of potassium per 100 g (1.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Cola
Fizzy brown soda
Photo: Cocktailmarler, CC BY-SA 4.0 On this board Cola scored best in From the Americas (10.0): it was first grown or made in the Americas. Protein was its weakest fit (0.0): it has 0 g of protein per 100 g.
- Calcium
- has 1 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 3 mg of sodium per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0 g of protein 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 the Americas
- was first grown or made in the Americas (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sugar rush
- has 9.9 g of sugar per 100 g (3.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 5 mg of potassium per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has caffeine (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Orange
Citrus fruit you peel into segments
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.
Cod
Flaky white fish of fish and chips
Photo: https://sousvideguy.com/, CC BY 2.0 Cod has 23 g of protein per 100 g, so its best fit on this board was Protein, worth 9.1. Its weakest was From the Americas, worth 0.0, since it wasn't first grown or made in the Americas.
- Calcium
- has 14 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 78 mg of sodium per 100 g (6.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 23 g of protein per 100 g (9.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 1 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- wasn't first grown or made in the Americas (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sugar rush
- has 0 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 244 mg of potassium per 100 g (4.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Bagel
Boiled, then baked ring of bread
Photo: Shisma, CC BY 4.0 On this board Bagel scored best in Calcium (10.0): it has 219 mg of calcium per 100 g. Vitamin C was its weakest fit (0.0): it has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g.
- Calcium
- has 219 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 422 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 11 g of protein per 100 g (4.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- wasn't first grown or made in the Americas (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sugar rush
- has 8.4 g of sugar per 100 g (2.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 107 mg of potassium per 100 g (1.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Baked potato
Potato baked in its jacket
Photo: Renee Comet (photographer), Public domain Baked potato was first grown or made in the Americas, so its best fit on this board was From the Americas, worth 10.0. Its weakest was Wake-up call, worth 0.0, since it has no caffeine.
- Calcium
- has 15 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 10 mg of sodium per 100 g (3.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 2.5 g of protein per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 9.6 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (1.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- was first grown or made in the Americas (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sugar rush
- has 1.2 g of sugar per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 535 mg of potassium per 100 g (8.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Blue cheese
Cheese streaked with blue mold
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0 On this board Blue cheese scored best in Calcium (10.0): it has 528 mg of calcium per 100 g. Vitamin C was its weakest fit (0.0): it has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g.
- Calcium
- has 528 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 1,146 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 21 g of protein per 100 g (8.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- wasn't first grown or made in the Americas (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sugar rush
- has 0.5 g of sugar per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 256 mg of potassium per 100 g (4.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Flour tortilla
Soft flatbread for burritos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain On this board Flour tortilla scored best in From the Americas (10.0): it was first grown or made in the Americas. Vitamin C was its weakest fit (0.0): it has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g.
- Calcium
- has 146 mg of calcium per 100 g (7.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 736 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 8.2 g of protein per 100 g (3.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From the Americas
- was first grown or made in the Americas (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sugar rush
- has 3.7 g of sugar per 100 g (1.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 125 mg of potassium per 100 g (2.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
