Swiss chard, cooked leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Swiss chard, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Ancho peppers, dried for less sodium.
Pick Swiss chard, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.22 g9.4 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.3 g20.65 g
- Fibermore is better7.69 g10.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—5.5 g
- Total fat2.92 g0.4 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.29 g0.06 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN15.3 mg895 mg
- Potassiummore is better858.01 mg2745 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better21.71 mg290 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better3.89 mg11.3 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better40.21 mg430 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.71 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.

