Sardines, canned leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Sardines, canned comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Abalone, cooked for more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Sardines, canned for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more calcium.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better10.39 g11.84 gWIN
- Carbohydrate5.85 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0 g
- Total fat3.59 g5.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.87 g0.73 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better312.7 mg147.6 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better150.26 mg190.87 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better19.58 mg183.65 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.01 mg1.4 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN29.63 mg18.75 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN0.95 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

