Brussels sprouts, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Brussels sprouts, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Brussels sprouts, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.76 g7.08 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.69 g19.72 g
- Fibermore is better—7.22 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.83 g
- Total fat0.13 g1.39 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.28 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg58.33 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg880.56 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg100 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg3.33 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN62.82 mg55.56 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg172.22 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.

