Iceberg lettuce, raw leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Iceberg lettuce, raw comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Iceberg lettuce, raw for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g6.43 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g21.21 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g8.57 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—14.07 g
- Total fat0.25 g1 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.13 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg71.43 mg
- Potassiummore is better780.36 mg1007.14 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better78.57 mg128.57 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.66 mg2.93 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg50 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better19.29 mg20 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.

