Fruit cocktail, canned in juice leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Fruit cocktail, canned in juice comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple juice for less sugar, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Pick Fruit cocktail, canned in juice for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on sodium and calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.22 g1 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.57 g25.78 g
- Fibermore is better0.43 g2.17 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN20.91 g23.61 g
- Total fat0.28 g0.02 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better8.7 mg8.7 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN219.57 mg206.52 mg
- Calciummore is better17.39 mg17.39 mg
- Ironmore is better0.26 mg0.46 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better10.87 mg15.22 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN83.7 mg5.87 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.

