Prickly pear, raw leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Prickly pear, raw comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acerola juice for more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Prickly pear, raw for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.74 g1.78 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.87 g23.34 g
- Fibermore is better1.3 g8.78 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better19.57 g—
- Total fat1.3 g1.24 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.3 g0.16 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better13.04 mg12.2 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better421.74 mg536.59 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better43.48 mg136.59 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.17 mg0.73 mg
- Magnesiummore is better52.17 mg207.32 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN6956.52 mg34.15 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.

