Apple is ~4× as filling per calorie as Apple juice
Score 57 vs 16 on the satiety-per-calorie scale.
Apple
57solidly filling · 61 kcal /100 g
Apple juice
16engineered 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~83 kcal · ~137 g
83 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
0
Apple juice
0
Water
Apple
65
Apple juice
72
Fiber
Apple
6
Apple juice
0
Sugar — pulls the score down
Apple
−24%
Apple juice
−74%
The numbers
| Per 100 g | Apple | Apple juice |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 57 | 16 |
| 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.