Daily Plate
Eat a little of this. A little of that. Find the balance.
Each colored segment is one eaten item. Hover for its contribution; the itemized table below also shows every amount. A target is reached at 99.5% before rounding. Protein, fiber, potassium, and vitamin C may go over 100% without a score penalty. Vitamin C has a separate 650 mg game cap. Vitamin D, calcium, and iron retain a 100% puzzle cap. Percentages show actual amounts; bars stop drawing at 100%.
The pantry
What you ate
Itemized contributions · % daily value
Description
A nutrition-label puzzle with 42 foods. Choose a food, adjust its portion, and eat it to add its nutrients to your daily chart. Reach 100% on all seven targets. Protein, fiber, potassium, and vitamin C can exceed their daily target without losing points. Vitamin D, calcium, and iron keep their 100% puzzle caps; vitamin C has a separate 650 mg game cap. Sodium and saturated fat are upper-limit bars; they do not need to reach 100%. A 2,000 kcal energy budget is a game constraint, not an FDA percent daily value.
Instructions
- Search the pantry or choose a food category. Click a food to inspect its nutrition before eating.
- Set a portion from 1 to 500 grams. The preview tells you whether the addition would exceed a game cap. Passing 100% on an uncapped target is allowed.
- Eat the portion. Its colored contribution appears in each nutrient bar and in the itemized table.
- If you exceed a game cap, use Undo or remove an eaten item. You can keep adjusting; there is no timer. “Fresh plate” starts again and can itself be undone.
- Reach at least 99.5% on protein, fiber, vitamin D, calcium, iron, potassium, and vitamin C. Stay within the labeled caps. Filling beyond a target gives no extra points. One-gram portions make precise adjustments possible. Layout saves in this browser.
Data, daily values, and puzzle rules
Daily values use the FDA reference for adults and children age four and over: protein 50 g; fiber 28 g; vitamin D 20 mcg; calcium 1,300 mg; iron 18 mg; potassium 4,700 mg; vitamin C 90 mg; sodium 2,300 mg; saturated fat 20 g. Real needs vary. In real eating, vitamin and mineral DVs are not exact ceilings, and hitting every label at exactly 100% is not necessary. The narrow bands for vitamin D, calcium, and iron are conservative puzzle rules, not toxicity thresholds. Vitamin A is not tracked in this food dataset.
Food amounts are from Public Health England’s CoFID 2021 dataset, per 100 g edible food, scaled to your chosen grams. These are UK generic foods, not U.S. brand labels; notably the milks here are not assumed to be vitamin-D fortified. Preparations match the source descriptions. Foods with missing tracked values were excluded, rather than treating unknown values as zero. Published “trace” values are represented as zero at this game’s precision. Total fat and total sugars are context values; added sugars are not inferred from total sugars.
Bars use unrounded nutrient amounts for checks and two decimals in the itemized table. All seven targets must reach 99.5%; extra intake never raises the score above 100%. Only the labeled caps cause an overshoot. Vitamin C’s 650 mg game cap uses the NIH upper intake level for ages 4–8, the youngest group covered by these FDA reference values; older groups have different upper limits. This is a game constraint, not a recommended intake. This is a food-combination game, not a complete dietary assessment: other nutrients, allergies, absorption, individual energy needs, and meal timing are outside the model.
Going over a daily target does not mean unlimited intake is safe. Fiber can exceed 28 g, but increasing it quickly can cause gas, bloating, or cramps; add it gradually with adequate fluids. High doses of water-soluble vitamins can also be harmful. Protein and potassium needs and restrictions vary, especially with kidney conditions. This food-only puzzle does not model supplements or provide a personal meal plan.
Nutrition notes: fiber, vitamin C upper limits, and vitamin and mineral upper limits.
References: FDA daily values and using the Nutrition Facts label. Contains public-sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source food codes and full preparation names are preserved in the downloadable source data.