Apple juice leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Apple juice comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apple juice for less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Applesauce, sweetened for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.22 g0.24 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.57 g25.72 g
- Fibermore is better0.43 g1.76 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN20.91 g21.57 g
- Total fat0.28 g0.25 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better8.7 mg2.94 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN219.57 mg110.29 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN17.39 mg4.41 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.26 mg0.18 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN10.87 mg4.41 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN83.7 mg2.5 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.

