Chestnuts, boiled leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chestnuts, boiled comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn flour, full-fat for less sodium.
Pick Chestnuts, boiled for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.5 g1.53 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.91 g21.19 g
- Fibermore is better——
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat6.02 g1.05 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.78 g0.2 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg20.61 mg
- Potassiummore is better142.12 mg545.8 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better8.58 mg35.11 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.24 mg1.32 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better21.96 mg41.22 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg20.38 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.

