Apple cider leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Apple cider comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple cider for less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Lemon-lime soda for more protein.
Evenly matched on fiber and saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0.22 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.57 g25.41 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN10.57 g25.32 g
- Total fat0 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg24.39 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN96.43 mg2.44 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN7.14 mg4.88 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.11 mg0.05 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN5.36 mg2.44 mg
- 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.

