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Purple Foods includes 32 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 Purple Foods

Items scored 32

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 32 items in Purple 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	Prunes	176	86	90	1

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Prunes	1	1	0	176	86	90

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

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

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Purple Foods.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Purple 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	7	2	3	0	2	3	5	7	2	0	1
Link	6	5	1	2	2	6	2	2	5	1	0
Combined	5	3	3	2	3	5	3	5	3	0	0

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

Average Score

89

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	Prunes	176	86	90
2	Huckleberries	164	78	86
3	Passion Fruit	163	83	80
4	Bilberries	159	79	80
5	Plums	156	72	84
6	Mangosteen	155	71	84
7	Red Onion	149	72	77
8	Black Grape	148	76	72
9	Red Grape	126	60	66
	Forbidden Rice	126	70	56
10	Boysenberries	123	64	59

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	Purple Sea Moss	1	1	0
2	Lavender	6	2	4
3	Chive Blossoms	7	4	3
4	Hyssop	9	4	5
5	Radicchio	12	7	5
6	Acai Berry	21	9	12
7	Ube	24	14	10
8	Redbor Kale	25	7	18
9	Poi	40	28	12
10	Purple Garlic	50	20	30

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	Kalamata Olives	100	100	0
2	Red Cabbage	46	17	63
3	Elderberries	43	58	15
4	Eggplant	21	41	20
5	Poi	16	28	12
6	Forbidden Rice	14	70	56
7	Mangosteen	13	71	84
8	Purple Asparagus	13	64	51
9	Shallot	13	61	48
10	Plums	12	72	84

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Prunes	176	86	90
2	Huckleberries	164	78	86
3	Passion Fruit	163	83	80
4	Bilberries	159	79	80
5	Plums	156	72	84
6	Mangosteen	155	71	84
7	Red Onion	149	72	77
8	Black Grape	148	76	72
9	Red Grape	126	60	66
	Forbidden Rice	126	70	56
10	Boysenberries	123	64	59
11	Purple Sweet Potato	118	60	58
12	Purple Asparagus	115	64	51
13	Purple Star Apple	111	56	55
14	Shallot	109	61	48
15	Kalamata Olives	100	100	0
16	Figs	95	52	43
17	Purple Carrots	90	40	50
18	Red Cabbage	80	17	63
19	Elderberries	73	58	15
20	Eggplant	61	41	20
21	Purple Cauliflower	52	21	31
22	Purple Garlic	50	20	30
23	Poi	40	28	12
24	Redbor Kale	25	7	18
25	Ube	24	14	10
26	Acai Berry	21	9	12
27	Radicchio	12	7	5
28	Hyssop	9	4	5
29	Chive Blossoms	7	4	3
30	Lavender	6	2	4
31	Purple Sea Moss	1	1	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
Purple Foods	17	15	0

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Purple Foods.

Average Score

46

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Kalamata Olives	100
2	Prunes	86
3	Passion Fruit	83
4	Bilberries	79
5	Huckleberries	78
6	Black Grape	76
7	Plums	72
	Red Onion	72
8	Mangosteen	71
9	Forbidden Rice	70
10	Boysenberries	64
	Purple Asparagus	64

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	Purple Sea Moss	1
2	Lavender	2
3	Chive Blossoms	4
	Hyssop	4
4	Radicchio	7
	Redbor Kale	7
5	Acai Berry	9
6	Ube	14
7	Red Cabbage	17
8	Purple Garlic	20
9	Purple Cauliflower	21
10	Poi	28

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 Purple Foods.

Average Score

43

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Prunes	90
2	Huckleberries	86
3	Plums	84
	Mangosteen	84
4	Passion Fruit	80
	Bilberries	80
5	Red Onion	77
6	Black Grape	72
7	Red Grape	66
8	Red Cabbage	63
9	Boysenberries	59
10	Purple Sweet Potato	58

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	Purple Sea Moss	0
	Kalamata Olives	0
2	Chive Blossoms	3
3	Lavender	4
4	Hyssop	5
	Radicchio	5
5	Ube	10
6	Acai Berry	12
	Poi	12
7	Elderberries	15
8	Redbor Kale	18
9	Eggplant	20
10	Purple Garlic	30

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.