Dead heat · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 5 of 10 match-ups.
Pick Apple juice for less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Pick Mandarin oranges, canned in syrup for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.22 g0.74 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.57 g26.54 g
- Fibermore is better0.43 g1.15 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN20.91 g25.39 g
- Total fat0.28 g0.16 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN8.7 mg9.84 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN219.57 mg127.87 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN17.39 mg11.48 mg
- Ironmore is better0.26 mg0.61 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better10.87 mg13.11 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN83.7 mg32.46 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.

