Cardoon, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Cardoon, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Agar seaweed, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Cardoon, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.08 g3.8 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.96 g23.7 g
- Fibermore is better1.92 g8.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better1.08 g—
- Total fat0.12 g0.55 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.02 g0.06 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN34.62 mg2060 mg
- Potassiummore is better869.23 mg1960 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better207.69 mg360 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN7.15 mg3.65 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN257.69 mg215 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg8.5 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.

