Onion
as eaten · per 100 g: 38 kcal · 0.9 g protein · 1.7 g fiber
satiety per calorie · 0–100 · not a virtue scale
Why this score
a satiety boosterExceptional fullness per calorie — but at only 38 kcal per 100 g, it can't fill you up on its own. Its power is making a meal bigger and more filling at almost no calorie cost; pair it with protein.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
What pulls it down
Per
- Calories
- 38
- Protein
- (9%)
- 1 g
- Fat
- (2%)
- <1 g
- Carbohydrates
- (89%)
- 8 g
- of which sugar
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 1 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
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Per 100 g. Source: usda-survey-fndds #2709795 — listed by USDA as “Onions, raw”. 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.