Food · Puzzle #38 · Friday, November 6
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
- Wake-up call: 10 pts if it has caffeine
- Watery: 1 pt per 10% water
- Vitamin C: 1 pt per 5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g
- Carbs: 1 pt per 6 g of carbs per 100 g
- Protein: 1 pt per 2.5 g of protein per 100 g
- Potassium: 1 pt per 60 mg of potassium per 100 g
- Calcium: 1 pt per 20 mg of calcium per 100 g
- Sugar rush: 1 pt per 3 g of sugar per 100 g
The best board
- Salmon in Protein: has 22 g of protein per 100 g (8.8)
- Almond milk in Watery: is 97% water (9.7)
- Blueberry muffin in Sugar rush: has 31 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0)
- Energy drink in Wake-up call: has caffeine (10.0)
- Garlic in Calcium: has 181 mg of calcium per 100 g (9.1)
- Red bell pepper in Vitamin C: has 128 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0)
- Granola bar in Carbs: has 64 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0)
- Octopus in Potassium: has 630 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0)
The most this board could score: 77.6 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Salmon
Pink fish, grilled or smoked
Photo: Vee Satayamas from Bangkok, Thailand, CC BY 2.0 Salmon has 22 g of protein per 100 g, so its best fit on this board was Protein, worth 8.8. Its weakest was Wake-up call, worth 0.0, since it has no caffeine. That is where the best board puts it as well.
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 65% water (6.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 3.7 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 22 g of protein per 100 g (8.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 384 mg of potassium per 100 g (6.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 15 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Almond milk
Nut milk for cereal and coffee
Photo: Amazing Almonds, CC BY 2.0 Almond milk is 97% water, so its best fit on this board was Watery, worth 9.7. Its weakest was Wake-up call, worth 0.0, since it has no caffeine. That is where the best board puts it as well.
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 97% water (9.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 1.3 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0.4 g of protein per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 67 mg of potassium per 100 g (1.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 184 mg of calcium per 100 g (9.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.81 g of sugar per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Blueberry muffin
Muffin dotted with blueberries
Photo: Unknown photographer/artist, Public domain On this board Blueberry muffin scored best in Sugar rush (10.0): it has 31 g of sugar per 100 g. Wake-up call was its weakest fit (0.0): it has no caffeine. The best board puts it there too.
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 25% water (2.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0.9 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 53 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (8.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 4.5 g of protein per 100 g (1.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 121 mg of potassium per 100 g (2.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 44 mg of calcium per 100 g (2.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 31 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Energy drink
Canned drink for a boost
Photo: Coolgurl5555, CC0 Energy drink has caffeine, so its best fit on this board was Wake-up call, worth 10.0. Its weakest was Vitamin C, worth 0.0, since it has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g. That is where the best board puts it as well.
- Wake-up call
- has caffeine (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 89% water (8.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 10 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (1.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0.46 g of protein per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 3 mg of potassium per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 6 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 10 g of sugar per 100 g (3.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Garlic
Pungent bulb that wards off vampires
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 Garlic has 181 mg of calcium per 100 g, so its best fit on this board was Calcium, worth 9.1. Its weakest was Wake-up call, worth 0.0, since it has no caffeine. That is where the best board puts it as well.
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 59% water (5.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 31 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (6.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 33 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (5.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 6.4 g of protein per 100 g (2.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 401 mg of potassium per 100 g (6.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 181 mg of calcium per 100 g (9.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 1 g of sugar per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Red bell pepper
Crunchy, mild pepper that ripens to red
Photo: Kham Tran - www.khamtran.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 Red bell pepper has 128 mg of vitamin C per 100 g, so its best fit on this board was Vitamin C, worth 10.0. Its weakest was Wake-up call, worth 0.0, since it has no caffeine. That is where the best board puts it as well.
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 92% water (9.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 128 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 6 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0.99 g of protein per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 211 mg of potassium per 100 g (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 7 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 4.2 g of sugar per 100 g (1.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Granola bar
Oats and honey pressed into a bar
Photo: Arnold Gatilao from Oakland, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 On this board Granola bar scored best in Carbs (10.0): it has 64 g of carbohydrate per 100 g. Wake-up call was its weakest fit (0.0): it has no caffeine. The best board puts it there too.
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 3.9% water (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0.9 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 64 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 10 g of protein per 100 g (4.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 336 mg of potassium per 100 g (5.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 61 mg of calcium per 100 g (3.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 29 g of sugar per 100 g (9.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Octopus
Tender tentacles, grilled or in sushi
Photo: Baoothersks, CC BY-SA 4.0 On this board Octopus scored best in Potassium (10.0): it has 630 mg of potassium per 100 g. Wake-up call was its weakest fit (0.0): it has no caffeine. The best board puts it there too.
- Wake-up call
- has no caffeine (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 61% water (6.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 8 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 4.4 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 30 g of protein per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 630 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 106 mg of calcium per 100 g (5.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
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