Water chestnuts
80
as eaten · per 100 g: 50 kcal · 0.9 g protein · 2.5 g fiber
satiety per calorie · 0–100 · not a virtue scale
Why this score
exceptionally fillingVery low energy density — a lot of food for few calories.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
7% of kcal
87% water
50 g/Mcal
What pulls it down
5%
Per
- Calories
- 50
- Protein
- (7%)
- 1 g
- Fat
- (1%)
- <1 g
- Carbohydrates
- (92%)
- 12 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 8 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
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Per 100 g. Source: usda-sr-legacy #170067 — listed by USDA as “Waterchestnuts, chinese, canned, solids and liquids”. 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.