Butterhead lettuce, raw leads 7–0 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Butterhead lettuce, raw comes out ahead, winning 7 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Butterhead lettuce, raw for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.76 g10.38 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.69 g17.15 g
- Fibermore is better—8.46 g
- Total sugarsless is better—7.23 g
- Total fat0.13 g1.69 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.22 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg38.46 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better1129.49 mg1830.77 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg269.23 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg9.54 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better62.82 mg100 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg28.46 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.

