Buckwheat flour leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Buckwheat flour comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowroot flour for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Buckwheat flour for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy357 kcal335 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.3 g12.62 gWIN
- Carbohydrate88.15 g70.59 g
- Fibermore is better3.4 g10 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—2.6 g
- Total fat0.1 g3.1 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.02 g0.68 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN2 mg11 mg
- Potassiummore is better11 mg577 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better40 mg41 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.33 mg4.06 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better3 mg251 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- 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.

