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 calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Water chestnuts, canned for less sodium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.76 g1.76 g
- Carbohydrate20.69 g24.6 g
- Fibermore is better—5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.92 g
- Total fat0.13 g0.12 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.03 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg16 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg236 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN8.97 mg8 mg
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg1.74 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN62.82 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg2.6 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.

