Dead heat · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Acorns, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more calcium.
Pick Cashews, oil roasted for more protein, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.59 g2.9 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.53 g5.19 g
- Fibermore is better—0.57 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.86 g
- Total fat6.17 g8.22 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.8 g1.46 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg53.01 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN139.28 mg108.78 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN10.59 mg7.4 mg
- Ironmore is better0.2 mg1.04 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better16.02 mg46.99 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.05 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.

