Pistachios, raw leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Pistachios, raw comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn flour, full-fat for less saturated fat, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Pistachios, raw for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.5 g3.6 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.91 g4.85 g
- Fibermore is better—1.89 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.37 g
- Total fat6.02 g8.09 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.78 g1.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg0.18 mg
- Potassiummore is better142.12 mg183.04 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better8.58 mg18.75 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.24 mg0.7 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN21.96 mg21.61 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1 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.

