Marinara sauce leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Marinara sauce comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple butter for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Marinara sauce for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.23 g2.78 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.55 g14.86 g
- Fibermore is better0.87 g3.6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better20.4 g9.82 gWIN
- Total fat0.17 g3.22 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.44 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN8.67 mg874 mg
- Potassiummore is better52.6 mg640 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better8.09 mg52 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.18 mg1.46 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better2.31 mg36 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.35 mg4 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.

