Nonfat Greek yogurt is ~8× as filling per calorie as Ice cream
Score 91 vs 12 on the satiety-per-calorie scale.
Nonfat Greek yogurt
91exceptionally filling · 61 kcal /100 g
Ice cream
12engineered against fullness · 207 kcal /100 g
Same fullness, very different calories
Roughly what it costs to reach the fullness of 300 kcal of ice cream:
Ice cream~300 kcal · ~145 g
300 kcal
Nonfat Greek yogurt~38 kcal · ~63 g
38 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
Nonfat Greek yogurt
54
Ice cream
1
Water
Nonfat Greek yogurt
63
Ice cream
12
Fiber
Nonfat Greek yogurt
0
Ice cream
0
Sugar — pulls the score down
Nonfat Greek yogurt
−0%
Ice cream
−46%
Savoury — pulls the score down
Nonfat Greek yogurt
−0%
Ice cream
−5%
The numbers
| Per 100 g | Nonfat Greek yogurt | Ice cream |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 91 | 12 |
| Energy | 61 kcal | 207 kcal |
| Protein | 10.3 g | 3.5 g |
| Fat | 0.4 g | 11.0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 3.6 g | 23.6 g |
| …of which sugars | 3.3 g | 21.2 g |
| Fiber | 0.0 g | 0.7 g |
| Sodium | 36 mg | 80 mg |
Satiety per calorie, not a virtue scale — neither food is forbidden.