Red chili peppers, raw leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Red chili peppers, raw comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Red chili peppers, raw for less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.76 g4.68 g
- Carbohydrate20.69 g22.03 g
- Fibermore is better—3.75 g
- Total sugarsless is better—13.25 g
- Total fat0.13 g1.1 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.11 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg22.5 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg805 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg35 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg2.58 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN62.82 mg57.5 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg359.25 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.

