Cheese puffs

as eaten · per 100 g: 567 kcal · 5.5 g protein · 0.8 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

4% of kcal

1% water

1 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

13%

77%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 567
Protein: (4%); 5 g
Fat: (58%); 37 g
Carbohydrates: (38%); 55 g
of which sugar: 4 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sodium: 928 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Better in this aisle

Cheese

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Per 100 g. Source: usda-sr-legacy #167949 — listed by USDA as “Snacks, corn-based, extruded, puffs or twists, cheese-flavor”. 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.