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Blue Foods includes 37 scored items from the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning.

In all charts, Rhett's data is RED, Link's data is BLUE, and combined data is PURPLE.

Episode Blue Foods

Items scored 37

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 37 items in Blue Foods, including rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

Dataset snapshot refreshed June 3, 2026 6:57 AM.

Methods

The selected ranking method is applied within this episode only. Rank ties are preserved. Original final rankings are reported separately from recalculated rankings shown under the selected method.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = S_R + S_L

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = f_episode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = g_episode(N, |S_R - S_L|)

Results

1. Combined Results Raw Score

Table 1. Original Episode Final Ranking
Final Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link	Numeric Rank
1	Takis Blue Heat	175	87	88	1
2	Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids	172	83	89	3
3	Blue Crab	173	81	92	2

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids	2	3	1	172	83	89
Blue Crab	3	2	1	173	81	92
Takis Blue Heat	1	1	0	175	87	88

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Blue Foods.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Blue Foods.

Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Blue Foods.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Blue Foods on a 0-100 scale.

Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.

Score source	0	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Rhett	2	0	2	2	4	6	6	8	6	0	1
Link	4	6	2	5	2	4	6	3	3	2	0
Combined	1	0	3	9	5	5	5	4	5	0	0

Figure 7. Heatmap of score bucket counts by score source.

Average Score

104

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.

Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.

Table 3. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Takis Blue Heat	175	87	88
2	Blue Crab	173	81	92
3	Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids	172	83	89
4	Blueberry	170	76	94
5	Blueberry Pie	164	84	80
6	Blue Raspberry Baby Bottle Pop	159	80	79
7	Blueberry Yogurt	158	79	79
8	Blueberry Moon Pie	146	80	66
9	Blue Icee Pop	143	68	75
10	Blue Gushers	138	69	69

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 4. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Blue Spirulina	0	0	0
2	Cornflowers	44	4	40
3	Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher	47	25	22
4	Pineapple Passion Fruit Skittles	50	37	13
5	Blue Cornmeal Pancakes	60	42	18
	Butterfly Pea Flower	60	20	40
6	Blue Raspberry Rip Roll	64	47	17
7	Cotton Candy	67	55	12
8	Blue Raspberry Dum Dum	68	48	20
9	Blue Corn	72	36	36
10	Blue Raspberry Lemonade Swedish Fish	77	66	11

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 5. Largest Score Differences
Rank	Item	Score Difference	Rhett	Link
1	Blue Cheese	95	100	5
2	Blue Peeps	62	70	8
3	Jordan Almonds	61	70	9
4	Blue Raspberry Lemonade Swedish Fish	55	66	11
5	Blue Raspberry Airheads	53	72	19
6	Cotton Candy	43	55	12
7	Cornflowers	36	4	40
8	Blue Razz Berry Blow Pop	34	64	30
9	Blue Raspberry Rip Roll	30	47	17
10	Blue Raspberry Dum Dum	28	48	20

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Takis Blue Heat	175	87	88
2	Blue Crab	173	81	92
3	Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids	172	83	89
4	Blueberry	170	76	94
5	Blueberry Pie	164	84	80
6	Blue Raspberry Baby Bottle Pop	159	80	79
7	Blueberry Yogurt	158	79	79
8	Blueberry Moon Pie	146	80	66
9	Blue Icee Pop	143	68	75
10	Blue Gushers	138	69	69
11	Berry Blue Jello	136	76	60
12	Blue Corn Tortilla Chips	128	72	56
13	Raspberry Skittles	123	63	60
14	Blue Raspberry Sour Punch Straws	122	71	51
15	Blue Razz Pop Rocks	113	52	61
16	Blue Raspberry Laffy Taffy	112	48	64
17	Blue Raspberry Warheads	106	56	50
18	Blue Cheese	105	100	5
19	Blue Rock Candy	100	50	50
20	Blue Raspberry Ring Pops	98	62	36
21	Blue Razz Berry Blow Pop	94	64	30
22	Blue Raspberry Airheads	91	72	19
23	Blueberry Yogurt Covered Pretzels	81	51	30
24	Blue Corn Tortillas	80	50	30
25	Jordan Almonds	79	70	9
26	Blue Peeps	78	70	8
27	Blue Raspberry Lemonade Swedish Fish	77	66	11
28	Blue Corn	72	36	36
29	Blue Raspberry Dum Dum	68	48	20
30	Cotton Candy	67	55	12
31	Blue Raspberry Rip Roll	64	47	17
32	Butterfly Pea Flower	60	20	40
	Blue Cornmeal Pancakes	60	42	18
33	Pineapple Passion Fruit Skittles	50	37	13
34	Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher	47	25	22
35	Cornflowers	44	4	40
36	Blue Spirulina	0	0	0

Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Blue Foods	23	9	5

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Blue Foods.

Average Score

59

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Blue Gushers

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Blue Cheese	100
2	Takis Blue Heat	87
3	Blueberry Pie	84
4	Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids	83
5	Blue Crab	81
6	Blue Raspberry Baby Bottle Pop	80
	Blueberry Moon Pie	80
7	Blueberry Yogurt	79
8	Blueberry	76
	Berry Blue Jello	76
9	Blue Corn Tortilla Chips	72
	Blue Raspberry Airheads	72
10	Blue Raspberry Sour Punch Straws	71

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 9. Rhett Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Blue Spirulina	0
2	Cornflowers	4
3	Butterfly Pea Flower	20
4	Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher	25
5	Blue Corn	36
6	Pineapple Passion Fruit Skittles	37
7	Blue Cornmeal Pancakes	42
8	Blue Raspberry Rip Roll	47
9	Blue Raspberry Dum Dum	48
	Blue Raspberry Laffy Taffy	48
10	Blue Corn Tortillas	50
	Blue Rock Candy	50

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Results

3. Link

Figure 12. Distribution of Link scores within Blue Foods.

Average Score

45

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Blue Gushers

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Blueberry	94
2	Blue Crab	92
3	Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids	89
4	Takis Blue Heat	88
5	Blueberry Pie	80
6	Blue Raspberry Baby Bottle Pop	79
	Blueberry Yogurt	79
7	Blue Icee Pop	75
8	Blue Gushers	69
9	Blueberry Moon Pie	66
10	Blue Raspberry Laffy Taffy	64

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 11. Link Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Blue Spirulina	0
2	Blue Cheese	5
3	Blue Peeps	8
4	Jordan Almonds	9
5	Blue Raspberry Lemonade Swedish Fish	11
6	Cotton Candy	12
7	Pineapple Passion Fruit Skittles	13
8	Blue Raspberry Rip Roll	17
9	Blue Cornmeal Pancakes	18
10	Blue Raspberry Airheads	19

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Notes

4. Definitions and Notes

* Peanut Butter Quotient is calculated as the difference between the average score for peanut-butter-focused flavors and the average score for non-peanut-butter flavors. Flavors designated as peanut-butter-focused in this episode are: None in this episode

Formal notation PBQ = x̄_PB - x̄_non-PB

** Nice! Factor is the number of times a score of 69 appears.

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Rank Drift is the absolute difference between the original final rank and the rank produced by the currently selected ranking method.

Limitations. Scores are treated as interval values although the underlying tasting process is subjective.