Pears, canned in juice leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Pears, canned in juice comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple juice for more potassium and more vitamin C.
Pick Pears, canned in juice for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.22 g0.68 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.57 g25.88 g
- Fibermore is better0.43 g3.2 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better20.91 g19.4 gWIN
- Total fat0.28 g0.14 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.01 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better8.7 mg8 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN219.57 mg192 mg
- Calciummore is better17.39 mg18 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.26 mg0.58 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better10.87 mg14 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN83.7 mg3.2 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.

