Swiss chard, cooked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Swiss chard, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Agar seaweed, raw for less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Swiss chard, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.08 g9.4 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.96 g20.65 g
- Fibermore is better1.92 g10.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN1.08 g5.5 g
- Total fat0.12 g0.4 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.02 g0.06 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN34.62 mg895 mg
- Potassiummore is better869.23 mg2745 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better207.69 mg290 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better7.15 mg11.3 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better257.69 mg430 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg90 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.

