Cake

as eaten · per 100 g: 391 kcal · 3.0 g protein · 0.3 g fiber

satiety per calorie · 0–100 · not a virtue scale

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Concentrated sugar, with little protein or fiber to slow it down; dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

3% of kcal

22% water

1 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

70%

32%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 391
Protein: (3%); 3 g
Fat: (41%); 18 g
Carbohydrates: (57%); 56 g
of which sugar: 42 g
Fiber: <1 g
Sodium: 269 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

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Per 100 g. Source: usda-sr-legacy #174945 — listed by USDA as “Cake, yellow, commercially prepared, with vanilla frosting”. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.