Prickly pear, raw leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Prickly pear, raw comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acerola juice for less sodium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Prickly pear, raw for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy23 kcal41 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.4 g0.73 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.8 g9.57 g
- Fibermore is better0.3 g3.6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better4.5 g—
- Total fat0.3 g0.51 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN3 mg5 mg
- Potassiummore is better97 mg220 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better10 mg56 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.5 mg0.3 mg
- Magnesiummore is better12 mg85 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1600 mg14 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.

