Dead heat · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Apple, raw for more fiber, less sugar, less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Mandarin oranges, canned in syrup for more protein, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.49 g0.74 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.86 g26.54 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.21 g1.15 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN17.61 g25.39 g
- Total fat0.26 g0.16 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.02 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN3.51 mg9.84 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN175.44 mg127.87 mg
- Calciummore is better10.53 mg11.48 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.23 mg0.61 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better8.77 mg13.11 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better—32.46 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.

