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Marinara dipping sauce

2 g protein · 70 cals · 54 g*

Why this score

easy to overeat

Fat and refined carbohydrate converging the way engineered food does.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

10% of kcal

70% water

29 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

27%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 70
Protein: (10%); 2 g
Fat: (50%); 5 g
Carbohydrates: (40%); 8 g
of which sugar: 5 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sodium: 642 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Olive Gardenpublishes this item's nutrition but not what it weighs, so the portion above is worked back from the energy density of lasagna (130 kcal per 100 g). That assumption moves the energy-density and sodium figures; the protein, fibre and craving parts of the score are ratios of calories and are unaffected.

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