Lemon juice leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Apple juice: 100 g · Lemon juice: 100 g.
The verdict
Lemon juice comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple juice for less saturated fat, more calcium and more iron.
Pick Lemon juice for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy46 kcal22 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.1 g0.35 gWIN
- Carbohydrate11.3 g6.9 g
- Fibermore is better0.2 g0.3 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better9.62 g2.52 gWIN
- Total fat0.13 g0.24 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.02 g0.04 g
- Sodiumless is better4 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better101 mg103 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN8 mg6 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.12 mg0.08 mg
- Magnesiummore is better5 mg6 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better38.5 mg38.7 mgWIN
- 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.

