Beets, canned leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Beets, canned comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Beets, canned for less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy78 kcal31 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN4.49 g0.91 g
- Carbohydrate16.14 g7.21 g
- Fibermore is better—1.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better—5.51 g
- Total fat0.1 g0.14 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.02 g
- Sodiumless is better254 mg194 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN881 mg148 mg
- Calciummore is better7 mg15 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.21 mg1.82 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN49 mg17 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.3 mg4.1 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.

