Carrot cake

as eaten · per 100 g: 374 kcal · 2.5 g protein · 1.1 g fiber

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

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Fat and refined carbohydrate converging the way engineered food does; dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

3% of kcal

27% water

3 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

70%

71%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 374
Protein: (3%); 2 g
Fat: (42%); 18 g
Carbohydrates: (55%); 52 g
of which sugar: 38 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sodium: 288 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

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Per 100 g. Source: usda-survey-fndds #2707859 — listed by USDA as “Cake or cupcake, carrot”. 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.