Spinach, frozen, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Spinach, frozen, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Spinach, frozen, cooked for more protein, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.76 g11.79 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.69 g14.12 g
- Fibermore is better—10.88 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.5 g
- Total fat0.13 g2.56 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.11 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN325.64 mg947.06 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg888.24 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg450 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg5.76 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better62.82 mg241.18 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg6.47 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.

