Salad without Dressing

2 g protein · 70 cals · 29 g*

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Fat and refined carbohydrate converging the way engineered food does; dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

11% of kcal

46% water

29 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

44%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 70
Protein: (11%); 2 g
Fat: (26%); 2 g
Carbohydrates: (63%); 11 g
of which sugar: 2 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sodium: 249 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 italian dressing (240 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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