Lemon, raw leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Lemon, raw comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acerola juice for more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Lemon, raw for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.74 g3.79 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.87 g32.14 g
- Fibermore is better1.3 g9.66 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better19.57 g8.62 gWIN
- Total fat1.3 g1.03 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.3 g0.13 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better13.04 mg6.9 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better421.74 mg475.86 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better43.48 mg89.66 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.17 mg2.07 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN52.17 mg27.59 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN6956.52 mg182.76 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.

