Food · Puzzle #8 · Wednesday, October 7
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
- Watery: 1 pt per 10% water
- Fat: 1 pt per 4 g of fat per 100 g
- Iron: 1 pt per 0.5 mg of iron per 100 g
- Protein: 1 pt per 2.5 g of protein 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
- Potassium: 1 pt per 60 mg of potassium per 100 g
The best board
- Waffles in Calcium: has 255 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0)
- Cream cheese in Fat: has 34 g of fat per 100 g (8.6)
- Jalapeño in Vitamin C: has 119 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0)
- Pork rinds in Protein: has 61 g of protein per 100 g (10.0)
- Anchovies in Iron: has 4.6 mg of iron per 100 g (9.3)
- Cashews in Potassium: has 660 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0)
- Black tea in Watery: is 100% water (10.0)
- Pretzels in Salty: has 1,240 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0)
The most this board could score: 77.9 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Waffles
Grid-pressed batter with syrup pockets
Photo: Parkerman & Christie from San Diego, USA, CC BY 2.0 - Calcium
- has 255 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 42% water (4.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 14 g of fat per 100 g (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 2.3 mg of iron per 100 g (4.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 7.9 g of protein per 100 g (3.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 511 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0.4 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 159 mg of potassium per 100 g (2.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Cream cheese
Spreadable cheese on bagels and cheesecake
Photo: Renee Comet (photographer), Public domain - Calcium
- has 97 mg of calcium per 100 g (4.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 53% water (5.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 34 g of fat per 100 g (8.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.11 mg of iron per 100 g (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 6.2 g of protein per 100 g (2.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 314 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 132 mg of potassium per 100 g (2.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Jalapeño
Green chili pepper with a kick
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Calcium
- has 12 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 92% water (9.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 0.37 g of fat per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.25 mg of iron per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0.91 g of protein per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 3 mg of sodium per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 119 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 248 mg of potassium per 100 g (4.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Pork rinds
Puffy fried pork skin
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Calcium
- has 30 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 1.8% water (0.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 31 g of fat per 100 g (7.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.88 mg of iron per 100 g (1.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 61 g of protein per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 1,818 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0.5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 127 mg of potassium per 100 g (2.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Anchovies
Tiny cured fish on pizza
Photo: Roger469, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Calcium
- has 232 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 50% water (5.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 9.7 g of fat per 100 g (2.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 4.6 mg of iron per 100 g (9.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 29 g of protein per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 3,668 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
- Potassium
- has 544 mg of potassium per 100 g (9.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Cashews
Curved nut that grows below a fruit
Photo: Abhishek Jacob, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Calcium
- has 37 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 5.2% water (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 44 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 6.7 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 18 g of protein per 100 g (7.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 12 mg of sodium per 100 g (3.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0.5 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 660 mg of potassium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Black tea
Brewed from fermented leaves
Photo: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Calcium
- has 0 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 100% water (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 0 g of fat per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 0.02 mg of iron per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0 g of protein per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 3 mg of sodium per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 0 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 37 mg of potassium per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Pretzels
Knotted snack of baked dough
Photo: Sundar1, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Calcium
- has 27 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Watery
- is 3.1% water (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Fat
- has 2.9 g of fat per 100 g (0.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Iron
- has 4.6 mg of iron per 100 g (9.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 10 g of protein per 100 g (4.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 1,240 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Vitamin C
- has 2.1 mg of vitamin C per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Potassium
- has 223 mg of potassium per 100 g (3.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
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