Sour cherries, raw leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Sour cherries, raw comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acerola (West Indian cherry), raw for more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Sour cherries, raw for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy32 kcal50 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.4 g1 gWIN
- Carbohydrate7.69 g12.18 g
- Fibermore is better1.1 g1.6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—8.49 g
- Total fat0.3 g0.3 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is better7 mg3 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better146 mg173 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better12 mg16 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.2 mg0.32 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN18 mg9 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1677.6 mg10 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.

