Sunflower seeds, dry roasted leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Sunflower seeds, dry roasted comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorns, raw for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Sunflower seeds, dry roasted for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.59 g3.32 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.53 g4.14 g
- Fibermore is better—1.55 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.47 g
- Total fat6.17 g8.56 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.8 g0.9 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg112.54 mg
- Potassiummore is better139.28 mg146.05 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better10.59 mg12.03 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.2 mg0.65 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better16.02 mg22.16 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.24 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.

