Chicken thigh
as eaten · per 100 g: 179 kcal · 24.8 g protein · 0.0 g fiber
satiety per calorie · 0–100 · not a virtue scale
Why this score
exceptionally fillingProtein does the heavy lifting.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
What pulls it down
Nothing here converges the way engineered food does — no sugar, no savoury and no alcohol penalty.
Per
- Calories
- 179
- Protein
- (58%)
- 25 g
- Fat
- (43%)
- 8 g
- Carbohydrates
- (0%)
- 0 g
- of which sugar
- 0 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 106 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
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Per 100 g. Source: usda-sr-legacy #172388 — listed by USDA as “Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat only, cooked, roasted”. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable. Star food — filling for its calories, and enough protein to anchor a meal. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.