Anchovies, canned leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Anchovies, canned comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Anchovies, canned for more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Flounder/sole, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better13.76 g17.72 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat4.62 g2.76 g
- Saturated fatless is better1.05 g0.63 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better1746.67 mg422.09 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN259.05 mg229.07 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN110.48 mg29.07 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.2 mg0.27 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN32.86 mg25.58 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.

