Diet cola leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Diet cola comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple cider for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Pick Diet cola for more protein, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g5.5 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.57 g14.5 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better10.57 g0 gWIN
- Total fat0 g1.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg400 mg
- Potassiummore is better96.43 mg400 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better7.14 mg150 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.11 mg5.5 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better5.36 mg50 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN4.11 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.

