Sunflower seeds leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Sunflower seeds comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorns, raw for less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Sunflower seeds for more protein, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.59 g3.56 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.53 g3.42 g
- Fibermore is better—1.47 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.45 g
- Total fat6.17 g8.81 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.8 g0.76 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg1.54 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN139.28 mg110.45 mg
- Calciummore is better10.59 mg13.36 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.2 mg0.9 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better16.02 mg55.65 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.

