Dead heat · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 5 of 10 match-ups.
Pick Alfalfa sprouts, raw for more protein, less sugar, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Asparagus, raw for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN17.35 g11 g
- Carbohydrate9.13 g19.4 g
- Fibermore is better8.26 g10.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.87 g9.4 g
- Total fat3 g0.6 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.3 g0.2 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better26.09 mg10 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better343.48 mg1010 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN139.13 mg120 mg
- Ironmore is better4.17 mg10.7 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN117.39 mg70 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN35.65 mg28 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.

