(this is a continuation of a game that first began over 8 years ago in the
Enigma conference.  it was linked from there to Kitchen, and eventually to
the Games conference.  the idea is to guess the identity of a fairly
common food item based on its nutritional information, with the winner
entering the next label.  since its inception, the game [also known as the
"Mysterious Nutrition Facts Label"] has enjoyed varying levels of
popularity.  it has not been played on Grex in nearly three years, and
previously had never been played in Agora.) 

(earlier versions of the game can be found in the Kitchen and Enigma
conferences.)

61 responses total.

(the following is a now-common food item that probably isn't in *your*
kitchen.)  ;)

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size  4 oz. (113g)
Servings Per Package  2

Amount per serving
Calories 220   Calories from Fat 70

Total Fat 8g            12%
  Saturated Fat 1g       5%
Cholesterol 0mg          0%
Sodium 5mg               0%
Potassium 550mg         16%
Total Carbohydrate 13g   4%
  Dietary Fiber 7g      28%
  Sugars 3g             
Protein 23g

Vitamin A 0%    Vitamin C 4%
Calcium 10%     Iron 30%

(8oz./224g package, with nutritional information based on a 2000 calorie
diet.  have at it!)

It's jp2!

Dried bananas?

(not jp2, although in theory this product could be used as a substitute.
not dried bananas; I think the product is too fatty to be that.)

Bananas don't have much protein either.  I was just looking at the potassium
content and noting the low sodium content, meaning it is probably not highly
processed (they did not add salt to what is probably a fruit or vegetable).

I was going to say cheese crackers, but the iron content is pretty high.

Cheese crackers are REALLY salty.  And low in fiber.  Peanuts?

TVP

(not cheese crackers.  not peanuts.  not Tiny Vitamin Pills.)

TVP = textured vegetable protein

(oh.  I'm going to have to check with the judges on this one...  no, not
textured vegetable protein.)

TOFU ?!

(no, not tofu.  the guesses are getting closer, though.)

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(soybeans are an ingredient, but it's not soybeans.  do people actually
eat "raw" soybeans?)

SOY DRINK?!!?!?

No, I cook them first.

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Raw soybeans are kind of tasty. I was out in a soybean field last fall
with farmers and they nibbled on them, so so did I.

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Soy milk has no fiber, it is the water-soluble parts plus the oils.

Re #20: Steamed soybeans are known as edimame.

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(not soy drink, not soy milk, not edimame.)

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Also has no fiber - milk has no fiber to start with.  Has to be vegetable or
fruit or grain or bean in it.

(not cottage cheese.  perhaps I should let you identify the incorrect
answers, Sindi?)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea?

Nah, too much fat.

(not the DPRK.)

(on reflection, I think this item might be too obscure, even for most of
the Ann Arbor crowd.  I rarely buy it myself and usually prepare it by
pan frying, even though it's grilled when I have it at restaurants.)

Tempeh?  We have a freezer full of it.
Jim tried to make some once but his result looked moldy so he composted it.

(tempeh is the food!  you're next, Sindi.)

But you said nobody was likely to have that particular food in their
refrigerator!  Bad hint ;)   Here is the nutritional content (from a book)
for something which is sometimes considered seasonal:
weight 114g  water 73% kcal 118 prot 2 g  carb 27.7g  fiber 2.96 g  fat .1
g (of which .06 poly, .03 sat, <.01 mono), Calcium 32 mg, Magnesium 23 mg,
Potassium 397 mg, sodium 12 mg, Vitamin A 2488 RE, riboflavin .14 mg, niacin
.7 mg, B6 .28 mg, folic acid 26 mg, Vit C 28 mg (forgive me for typos).
iron .52 mg.   

(not nobody; for one, it was in mine.)

(hmm...  a lot of water and carbohydrates, a variety of nutrients, but
also a little fat.  the lack of serving size information indicates that
it's probably a single serving, likely a fruit or vegetable of fair size.
is it an avocado?)

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http://www.tofurky.com/discover/what_is_tempeh.htm

Not an avocado but about the same weight.  They vary in weight, of course.
Tempeh is boiled soybeans that are innoculated with a special mold that
predigests the parts of them that people cannot properly digest
(mucopolysaccharides) and adds some flavor and binds them together into a flat
sheet that you can cut up into strips and fry.  It is often sold in 8oz
amounts in plastic bags (at the coop).  We once got some that had oat bran
added to it and was billed as 'oat bran tempeh'.  You don't normally add fiber
to whole soybeans, but this is no stranger than adding oat bran to potato
chips, as I have seen done.

You fry and eat 4 ounces of tempeh at one sitting? That seems like a lot
of fried food. 

Divide by two people and this is stir-fry not deep fry.
Please take a look at the fat content of the mystery item and compare it to
that of avocados (which are one of the few fatty fruits - olive being
another).  I tried to pick something really easy.

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