Soy sauce (shoyu) leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Soy sauce (shoyu) comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Adzuki beans, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Soy sauce (shoyu) for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.88 g15.36 gWIN
- Carbohydrate19.35 g9.3 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN5.7 g1.51 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.75 g
- Total fat0.08 g1.08 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.14 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN190.63 mg10364.15 mg
- Potassiummore is better415.63 mg820.75 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better21.88 mg62.26 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.56 mg2.74 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better40.63 mg139.62 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- 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.

