Apple is ~5× as filling per calorie as Apple juice
Score 47 vs 9 on the satiety-per-calorie scale.
Apple
47moderately filling · 61 kcal /100 g
Apple juice
9engineered against fullness · 48 kcal /100 g
Same fullness, very different calories
Roughly what it costs to reach the fullness of 300 kcal of apple juice:
Apple juice~300 kcal · ~620 g
300 kcal
Apple~57 kcal · ~93 g
57 kcal
A rough guide, not a lab measurement — it treats fullness per calorie as constant across portion sizes, which is a simplification. How the score works.
Why they score differently
Protein
Apple
7
Apple juice
5
Low energy density
Apple
80
Apple juice
84
Fiber
Apple
53
Apple juice
0
Hyper-palatability penalty
Apple
−0%
Apple juice
−0%
The numbers
| Per 100 g | Apple | Apple juice |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 47 | 9 |
| Energy | 61 kcal | 48 kcal |
| Protein | 0.2 g | 0.1 g |
| Fat | 0.1 g | 0.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 14.8 g | 11.4 g |
| …of which sugars | 12.1 g | 10.3 g |
| Fiber | 2.1 g | 0.0 g |
| Sodium | 0 mg | 5 mg |
Satiety per calorie, not a virtue scale — neither food is forbidden.