Herbal tea, brewed leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Herbal tea, brewed comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple cider for less saturated fat, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Pick Herbal tea, brewed for less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on protein and fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0 g
- Carbohydrate10.57 g20 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better10.57 g0 gWIN
- Total fat0 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0 g0.2 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg100 mg
- Potassiummore is better96.43 mg900 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better7.14 mg200 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.11 mg8 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better5.36 mg100 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.

