Lemon peel, raw leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Lemon peel, raw comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acerola juice for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Pick Lemon peel, raw for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy23 kcal47 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.4 g1.5 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.8 g16 g
- Fibermore is better0.3 g10.6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better4.5 g4.17 gWIN
- Total fat0.3 g0.3 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN3 mg6 mg
- Potassiummore is better97 mg160 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better10 mg134 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.5 mg0.8 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better12 mg15 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1600 mg129 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.

