Microwave popcorn
7as eaten · per 100 g: 518 kcal · 9.1 g protein · 10.2 g fiber
engineered against fullness. A concentrated fat/sugar/salt combination that overrides fullness.
satiety per calorie · 0–100 · not a virtue scale
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Why this score
The first three bars are sub-scores (0–100 per lever) that build the score; the values under each label are the measured quantities that drive them. Hyper-palatability works the other way — it cuts the built score by the shown percentage (up to −80%). Full math here.
The numbers
| Energy | 518 kcal |
| Protein | 9.1 g |
| Fat | 30.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 55.0 g |
| …of which sugars | 0.6 g |
| Fiber | 10.2 g |
| Sodium | 764 mg |
Per 100 g. Source: usda-fndds #2708223 — listed by USDA as “Popcorn, microwave, NFS”. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable. How the score works. This entry came from a bulk USDA import and hasn’t been hand-reviewed yet — the numbers are USDA’s, but the name and grouping haven’t had a second pair of eyes.