FoodRef · Scanned Plate
Tostones with refried beans, guacamole and avocado salad
1 approve · 5 caution · 5 avoid
Cheferee's Consensus
Vegan rate this plate highest, Carnivore and Whole30 lowest — a 8.5-point spread. They are not reading different evidence; they are applying different rules to the same plate.
What each diet says
Each score is that framework's own position on this plate, scored as a whole meal — not the average of its parts.
- DASH6.8
- Mediterranean6.5
- Vegan9.5
- Carnivore1.0
- Paleo2.5
- Keto2.0
- Low-FODMAP2.5
- Whole301.0
- Zone4.0
- Anti-Inflammatory6.0
- GLP-15.5
The plate is plant-based, low-sodium-friendly, and rich in potassium from avocado, beans, and plantains, but the tostones are deep-fried, which DASH discourages due to added fats.
Avocado, tomatoes, and legumes align well with Mediterranean principles, but fried plantains and the absence of olive oil, fish, or whole grains keep this from being a strong fit.
Every component is entirely plant-based with no animal products anywhere on the plate, making this an essentially ideal vegan meal.
The plate contains zero animal foods — it is entirely plantains, beans, avocado, tomatoes, and corn, all of which carnivore categorically excludes.
Refried beans and corn are both explicitly excluded from paleo, and fried plantains cooked in refined oil compound the issue despite the acceptable avocado and tomato.
Tostones, beans, and corn together deliver a very heavy carbohydrate load that would blow past any ketogenic threshold, even with guacamole and avocado adding fat.
Refried beans are among the highest-FODMAP foods, avocado in guacamole/salad portions this large exceeds the low-FODMAP threshold, and corn adds further FODMAP load.
Legumes (refried beans) and corn are both flatly prohibited on Whole30, and the frying oil used for tostones would likely violate the compliant-fats rule as well.
The plate is heavily skewed toward carbohydrates from plantains, beans, and corn with fat from avocado, but there is no lean protein source to balance the 40/30/30 ratio.
Avocado, tomatoes, and beans provide fiber, monounsaturated fats, and antioxidants, but the deep-fried tostones introduce pro-inflammatory oils that pull the score down.
Beans, avocado, and tomatoes offer good fiber and satiety for a small stomach, but the fried plantains are calorie-dense and low-volume, and the plate lacks a dedicated protein source.
Food by food
Our catalog scores for each item. The plate's score above is a judgment on the whole meal, so it will not match the average of these.
Plantain~28% of the plate5.8▾
- Whole309.0
- Keto1.0
- Vegan9.0
- Low-FODMAP6.0
- Paleo6.0
- Carnivore1.0
- DASH5.0
- Zone2.0
- Anti-Inflammatory5.0
- GLP-1 Friendly4.0
- Mediterranean5.0
Refried beans~20% of the plate4.1▾
- Keto1.0
- Whole301.0
- Paleo1.0
- Mediterranean4.0
- Carnivore1.0
- Low-FODMAP2.0
- GLP-1 Friendly5.0
- DASH4.0
- Zone2.0
- Anti-Inflammatory5.0
- Vegan6.0
Guacamole~15% of the plate5.5▾
- Keto9.0
- Vegan9.0
- Paleo9.0
- Mediterranean8.0
- Carnivore1.0
- Whole305.0
- Low-FODMAP8.0
- DASH8.0
- Zone9.0
- Anti-Inflammatory9.0
- GLP-1 Friendly5.0
avocado salad~22% of the plate · not in our catalog yet▾
We don't have per-diet catalog scores for this food yet, so it has no breakdown here. It still counted toward the plate's score above.
Cherry tomatoes~8% of the plate5.5▾
- Low-FODMAP8.0
- Zone8.0
- Paleo9.0
- GLP-1 Friendly8.0
- Anti-Inflammatory8.0
- Mediterranean9.0
- Vegan10.0
- Keto5.0
- Carnivore1.0
- Whole3010.0
- DASH9.0
Corn~7% of the plate6.1▾
- Keto1.0
- Vegan9.0
- Paleo1.0
- Carnivore1.0
- Whole301.0
- Low-FODMAP8.0
- DASH5.0
- Zone2.0
- Anti-Inflammatory5.0
- GLP-1 Friendly4.0
- Mediterranean5.0
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