Food · Puzzle #5 · Sunday, October 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
- Potassium: 1 pt per 60 mg of potassium per 100 g
- Protein: 1 pt per 2.5 g of protein per 100 g
- Fat: 1 pt per 4 g of fat per 100 g
- Calcium: 1 pt per 20 mg of calcium per 100 g
- Watery: 1 pt per 10% water
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Salty: 1 pt per doubling over 1 mg of sodium per 100 g
- Vitamin C: 1 pt per 5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g
The best board
- Beef jerky in Potassium: has 597 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0)
- Hazelnuts in Fat: has 61 g of fat per 100 g (10.0)
- Chicken breast in Protein: has 31 g of protein per 100 g (10.0)
- Croissant in Salty: has 384 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.6)
- Pesto in Calcium: has 306 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0)
- Espresso in Watery: is 98% water (9.8)
- Kale in Vitamin C: has 93 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0)
- Peanuts in Calorie bomb: has 587 calories per 100 g (10.0)
The most this board could score: 78.4 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Beef jerky
Dried, seasoned strips of beef

Photo: Larry Jacobsen from Cheyenne Wyoming, CC BY 2.0 - Potassium
- has 597 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 33 g of protein per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 26 g of fat per 100 g (6.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 20 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 23% water (2.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 410 calories per 100 g (8.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 1,785 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Hazelnuts
Nut behind chocolate spread

Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Potassium
- has 680 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 15 g of protein per 100 g (6.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 61 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 114 mg of calcium per 100 g (5.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 5.3% water (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 628 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 0 mg of sodium per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 6.3 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (1.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Chicken breast
White meat, roasted

Photo: Daderot, CC0 - Potassium
- has 256 mg of potassium per 100 g (4.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 31 g of protein per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 3.6 g of fat per 100 g (0.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 15 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 65% water (6.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 165 calories per 100 g (3.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 74 mg of sodium per 100 g (6.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Croissant
Flaky, buttery crescent pastry

Photo: Petr Kratochvil, CC0 - Potassium
- has 118 mg of potassium per 100 g (2.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 8.2 g of protein per 100 g (3.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 21 g of fat per 100 g (5.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 37 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 23% water (2.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 406 calories per 100 g (8.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 384 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0.2 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Pesto
Basil, pine nuts and cheese, blended

Photo: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Potassium
- has 560 mg of potassium per 100 g (9.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 9.8 g of protein per 100 g (3.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 38 g of fat per 100 g (9.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 306 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 39% water (3.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 418 calories per 100 g (8.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 603 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Espresso
Short, strong shot of coffee

Photo: Lemone, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Potassium
- has 115 mg of potassium per 100 g (1.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0.12 g of protein per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 0.18 g of fat per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 2 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 98% water (9.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 9 calories per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 14 mg of sodium per 100 g (3.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0.2 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Kale
Curly leafy green of salads and smoothies

Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Potassium
- has 348 mg of potassium per 100 g (5.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 2.9 g of protein per 100 g (1.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 1.5 g of fat per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 254 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 90% water (9.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 35 calories per 100 g (0.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 53 mg of sodium per 100 g (5.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 93 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Peanuts
Legume that grows underground, sold at ballgames

Photo: Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Potassium
- has 634 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 24 g of protein per 100 g (9.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 50 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calcium
- has 58 mg of calcium per 100 g (2.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 1.8% water (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 587 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 6 mg of sodium per 100 g (2.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central