Food · Puzzle #4 · Saturday, October 3
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
- Iron: 1 pt per 0.5 mg of iron per 100 g
- Watery: 1 pt per 10% water
- Sugar rush: 1 pt per 3 g of sugar per 100 g
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Fat: 1 pt per 4 g of fat per 100 g
- Carbs: 1 pt per 6 g of carbs per 100 g
- Salty: 1 pt per doubling over 1 mg of sodium per 100 g
The best board
- Parmesan in Salty: has 1,175 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0)
- Potato chips in Calorie bomb: has 532 calories per 100 g (10.0)
- Caramels in Sugar rush: has 66 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0)
- Coconut water in Watery: is 95% water (9.5)
- Marshmallows in Carbs: has 81 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0)
- Pepperoni in Fat: has 46 g of fat per 100 g (10.0)
- Sardines in Calcium: has 382 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0)
- Beef liver in Iron: has 6.2 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0)
The most this board could score: 79.5 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Parmesan
Hard cheese grated over pasta
Photo: Naturpuur, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Calcium
- has 1,184 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.82 mg of iron per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 30% water (3.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.11 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 392 calories per 100 g (7.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 25 g of fat per 100 g (6.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 3.2 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 1,175 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Potato chips
Thin fried slices of potato in a bag
Photo: Evan-Amos, Public domain - Calcium
- has 21 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 1.3 mg of iron per 100 g (2.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 1.9% water (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0.33 g of sugar per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 532 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 34 g of fat per 100 g (8.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 54 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (9.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 527 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Caramels
Chewy golden cubes in twist wrappers
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Rainer Zenz assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 - Calcium
- has 138 mg of calcium per 100 g (6.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.14 mg of iron per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 8.5% water (0.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 66 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 382 calories per 100 g (7.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 8.1 g of fat per 100 g (2.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 77 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 245 mg of sodium per 100 g (7.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Coconut water
Clear liquid from young coconuts
Photo: Shameelnurani313, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Calcium
- has 24 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.29 mg of iron per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 95% water (9.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 2.6 g of sugar per 100 g (0.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 19 calories per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 0.2 g of fat per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 3.7 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 105 mg of sodium per 100 g (6.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Marshmallows
Fluffy puffs toasted over a campfire
Photo: John Morgan, CC BY 2.0 - Calcium
- has 3 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.23 mg of iron per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 16% water (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 58 g of sugar per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 318 calories per 100 g (6.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 0.2 g of fat per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 81 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 80 mg of sodium per 100 g (6.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Pepperoni
Spicy sausage that tops pizza
Photo: Jonathan Cutrer from San Angelo, United States, CC BY 2.0 - Calcium
- has 19 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 1.3 mg of iron per 100 g (2.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 29% water (2.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 504 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 46 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 1.2 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 1,582 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Sardines
Little oily fish packed in a tin
Photo: Pannet, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Calcium
- has 382 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 2.9 mg of iron per 100 g (5.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 60% water (6.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 208 calories per 100 g (4.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 11 g of fat per 100 g (2.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 307 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Beef liver
Organ meat, often served with onions
Photo: FotoosVanRobin from Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0 - Calcium
- has 6 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 6.2 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 62% water (6.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Sugar rush
- has 0 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 175 calories per 100 g (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 4.7 g of fat per 100 g (1.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 5.2 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 77 mg of sodium per 100 g (6.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
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