Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Agar seaweed, raw for less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Calabash gourd, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.08 g4.62 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.96 g23.85 g
- Fibermore is better1.92 g9.23 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better1.08 g—
- Total fat0.12 g0.15 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.02 g0.02 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN34.62 mg1830.77 mg
- Potassiummore is better869.23 mg1307.69 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN207.69 mg184.62 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN7.15 mg1.92 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN257.69 mg84.62 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg65.38 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.

