Food · Puzzle #9 · Thursday, October 8
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
- Fat: 1 pt per 4 g of fat per 100 g
- Cholesterol: 1 pt per 10 mg of cholesterol per 100 g
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Carbs: 1 pt per 6 g of carbs per 100 g
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 60,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- Fiber: 1 pt per gram of fiber 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
The best board
- Blueberry muffin in Carbs: has 53 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (8.8)
- Chicken thigh in Cholesterol: has 133 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (10.0)
- Chia seeds in Fiber: has 34 g of fiber per 100 g (10.0)
- Lamb chop in Protein: has 29 g of protein per 100 g (10.0)
- Instant ramen in Salty: has 1,855 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0)
- Ranch dressing in Fat: has 45 g of fat per 100 g (10.0)
- Pomegranate in Most looked-up: its Wikipedia article was read 592,773 times in 2025 (9.9)
- Tahini in Calorie bomb: has 595 calories per 100 g (10.0)
The most this board could score: 78.7 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Blueberry muffin
Muffin dotted with blueberries
Photo: Unknown photographer/artist, Public domain - Fat
- has 16 g of fat per 100 g (4.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 30 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (3.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 375 calories per 100 g (7.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 53 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (8.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 97,771 times in 2025 (1.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Fiber
- has 1.1 g of fiber per 100 g (1.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 4.5 g of protein per 100 g (1.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 336 mg of sodium per 100 g (8.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Chicken thigh
Dark meat, roasted
Photo: Willis Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0 - Fat
- has 8.2 g of fat per 100 g (2.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 133 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 179 calories per 100 g (3.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 205,035 times in 2025 (3.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Fiber
- has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 25 g of protein per 100 g (9.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 106 mg of sodium per 100 g (6.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Chia seeds
Seeds that swell into gel when soaked
Photo: Zenyrgarden, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Fat
- has 31 g of fat per 100 g (7.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 486 calories per 100 g (9.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 42 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (7.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 858,886 times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Fiber
- has 34 g of fiber per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 17 g of protein per 100 g (6.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 16 mg of sodium per 100 g (4.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Lamb chop
Tender chop of young sheep
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- has 8.2 g of fat per 100 g (2.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 114 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 199 calories per 100 g (4.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 335,178 times in 2025 (5.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Fiber
- has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 29 g of protein per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 55 mg of sodium per 100 g (5.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Instant ramen
Dried noodle block with a flavor packet
Photo: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Fat
- has 18 g of fat per 100 g (4.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 440 calories per 100 g (8.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 60 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 141,401 times in 2025 (2.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Fiber
- has 2.9 g of fiber per 100 g (2.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 10 g of protein per 100 g (4.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 1,855 mg of sodium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Ranch dressing
Creamy herb dressing for wings and salads
Photo: Whitney from Chicago, IL, CC BY 2.0 - Fat
- has 45 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 26 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (2.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 430 calories per 100 g (8.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 5.9 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 444,100 times in 2025 (7.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Fiber
- has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 1.3 g of protein per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 901 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Pomegranate
Leathery fruit packed with ruby seeds
Photo: Augustus Binu : flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Fat
- has 1.2 g of fat per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 83 calories per 100 g (1.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 19 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (3.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 592,773 times in 2025 (9.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Fiber
- has 4 g of fiber per 100 g (4.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 1.7 g of protein per 100 g (0.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 3 mg of sodium per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Tahini
Sesame paste in hummus
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Fat
- has 54 g of fat per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Cholesterol
- has 0 mg of cholesterol per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Calorie bomb
- has 595 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Carbs
- has 21 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 595,980 times in 2025 (9.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Fiber
- has 9.3 g of fiber per 100 g (9.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 17 g of protein per 100 g (6.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 115 mg of sodium per 100 g (6.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
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