Margarine, regular leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Margarine, regular comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apricot kernel oil for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Margarine, regular for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0.13 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0.13 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat11.31 g11.2 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.71 g2.32 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg131.15 mg
- Potassiummore is better0 mg5.84 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better0 mg4.17 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0 mg0 mg
- Magnesiummore is better0 mg0.42 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.03 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.

