Hickory nuts, dried leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Hickory nuts, dried comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn flour, full-fat for less saturated fat, less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Hickory nuts, dried for more protein, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.5 g1.94 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.91 g2.78 g
- Fibermore is better—0.97 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat6.02 g9.8 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.78 g1.07 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg0.15 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN142.12 mg66.36 mg
- Calciummore is better8.58 mg9.28 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.24 mg0.32 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better21.96 mg26.33 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.3 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.

