Barbecue sauce leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Apple butter: 100 g · Barbecue sauce: 100 g.
The verdict
Barbecue sauce comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple butter for more fiber and less sodium.
Pick Barbecue sauce for more protein, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy173 kcal172 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.39 g0.82 gWIN
- Carbohydrate42.47 g40.77 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN1.5 g0.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better35.3 g33.24 gWIN
- Total fat0.3 g0.63 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN15 mg1027 mg
- Potassiummore is better91 mg232 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better14 mg33 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.31 mg0.64 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better4 mg13 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.6 mg0.6 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.

