Lotus seeds, dried leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Lotus seeds, dried comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Almonds for less sodium.
Pick Lotus seeds, dried for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.65 g4.64 gWIN
- Carbohydrate3.72 g19.42 g
- Fibermore is better2.16 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0.75 g—
- Total fat8.62 g0.59 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.66 g0.1 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.17 mg1.51 mg
- Potassiummore is better126.6 mg412.05 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better46.46 mg49.1 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.64 mg1.06 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better46.63 mg63.25 mgWIN
- 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.

