Black walnuts leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black walnuts comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn flour, full-fat for less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Black walnuts for more protein, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.5 g3.89 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.91 g1.55 g
- Fibermore is better—1.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.18 g
- Total fat6.02 g9.58 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.78 g0.56 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg0.32 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN142.12 mg84.49 mg
- Calciummore is better8.58 mg9.85 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.24 mg0.5 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better21.96 mg32.47 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.27 mgWIN
- 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.

