Almond milk, unsweetened leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Almond milk, unsweetened comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Almond milk, unsweetened for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Hot chocolate for less sodium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.67 g1.67 g
- Carbohydrate8.73 g20.98 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN1.33 g0.91 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN5.4 g16.42 g
- Total fat6.4 g1 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.53 g0.6 g
- Sodiumless is better480 mg132.73 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN446.67 mg180 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN1226.67 mg38.18 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.87 mg0.31 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN40 mg21.82 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 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.

