Arrowhead, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Arrowhead, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Parsnips, raw for less sodium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.76 g1.6 g
- Carbohydrate20.69 g23.99 g
- Fibermore is better—6.53 g
- Total sugarsless is better—6.4 g
- Total fat0.13 g0.4 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.07 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg13.33 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg500 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg48 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.55 mg0.79 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN62.82 mg38.67 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg22.67 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.

