Alfalfa sprouts, raw leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Alfalfa sprouts, raw: 100 g · Carrots, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Alfalfa sprouts, raw comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Alfalfa sprouts, raw for more protein, less sugar, less sodium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Carrots, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat and more potassium.
Head-to-head
- Energy23 kcal35 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.99 g0.76 g
- Carbohydrate2.1 g8.22 g
- Fibermore is better1.9 g3 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.2 g3.45 g
- Total fat0.69 g0.18 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN6 mg58 mg
- Potassiummore is better79 mg235 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN32 mg30 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.96 mg0.34 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN27 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN8.2 mg3.6 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.

