Tomato puree, canned leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Tomato puree, canned comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein and more magnesium.
Pick Tomato puree, canned for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.76 g4.34 g
- Carbohydrate20.69 g23.63 g
- Fibermore is better—5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—12.71 g
- Total fat0.13 g0.55 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.08 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg73.68 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better1129.49 mg1155.26 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg47.37 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg4.68 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN62.82 mg60.53 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg27.89 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.

