Walnuts leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Walnuts comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorns, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Walnuts for more protein, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.59 g2.33 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.53 g2.1 g
- Fibermore is better—1.02 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.4 g
- Total fat6.17 g9.97 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.8 g0.94 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg0.31 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN139.28 mg67.43 mg
- Calciummore is better10.59 mg14.98 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.2 mg0.44 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better16.02 mg24.16 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.2 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.

