Guessing Game -- Food-Related

[gnomi]

Below are two "Nutrition Facts" lists. One is for one serving of Reese's Pieces. One is for one cup of instant ramen noodle soup. Guess which is which! :-)

A:
Calories: 300
Calories from fat: 120
Total fat: 13g
Saturated fat: 2.5 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 1270 mg
Total Carbohydrate: 40 g
Dietary Fiber: 1 g
Sugars: 1 g
Protein: 5 g

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B:
Calories: 200
Calories from fat: 90
Total fat: 10 g
Saturated fat: 6 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 75 mg
Total Carbohydrate: 23 g
Dietary Fiber: 1 g
Sugars: 21 g
Protein: 5 g

Comments

[cicirossi.livejournal.com]

the ramen is a

;)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yup!

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

The sodium count is a dead giveaway, and the sugar count supports it.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Indeed. The protein, however, was the one that surprised me. :-)

[ckd]

Peanut butter is actually pretty good food, nutritionally. Assuming no peanut allergies, of course.

[peggin.livejournal.com]

I agree -- the sodium count gives you the answer; the first one is the ramen noodle soup.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

You're correct. The sodium is the real difference (and the sugar count in B). Made me wonder if I should eat B for lunch some day.

[swashbucklr]

A is the ramen noodles. B is the Reese's Pieces.

Ramen has huge levels of sodium.

WE

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

You are correct, sir! :-)

[ckd]

What everyone else said; "Holy Hypertension, Batman!"

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yup. And it makes me ponder keeping an emergency bag of Reese's Pieces in my desk for a fallback lunch instead of an emergency cup of ramen.

[beckyfeld.livejournal.com]

Actually, my "backup emergency snack" is a Planters Peanut Bar (small chunk of peanut brittle) for precisely that reason. I prefer the peanut bar to Reese's Pieces because they have less sugar and a tad more protein...

Nutrition facts:
Calories: 230
Calories from fat: 130
Total fat: 14 g
Saturated fat: 1.5 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 70 mg
Total Carbohydrate: 22 g
Dietary Fiber: 2 g
Sugars: 13 g
Protein: 6 g

[sethg]

But which will make you feel more full: a single RP serving or a single serving of ramen noodles?

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

i have not looked at any of the other responses, and i think a is the ramen noodles, and b is the reese's pieces. because damn, ramen has a lot of salt.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yup. Indeed, you are correct.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Based on the salt & sugar, I'd say the Reese's Pieces are "b"...

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Exactly correct.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I knew it! Candy is good for you!

[zhaneel69.livejournal.com]

On the basis of Sodium alone: A is Ramen noodles. B is Reses Pieces.

Zhaneel

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[cellio]

As the others said, the salt and sugar are dead give-aways.

Nuts have a fair bit of protein (also fat to go with), so they make good emergencey-protein food in small quantities.

I'm not certain, but I think the ramen exceeds the US RDA for sodium all by itself -- and that's assuming you eat 2000 calories a day, which not everyone does.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it exceeds the US RDA. I cook with almost no salt, so the ramen, when I have them for lunch, is the majority of my salt/sodium intake for the day. And it turns out that the specific ramen cup I grabbed for the post was higher in sodium than the one currently on my desk (which comes in at 590 mg -- still high, but not scary-astronomical).