Farina (cream of wheat), cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Farina (cream of wheat), cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowroot flour for more fiber, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Farina (cream of wheat), cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy357 kcal53 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.3 g1.82 gWIN
- Carbohydrate88.15 g10.92 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN3.4 g0.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.76 g
- Total fat0.1 g0.34 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.02 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN2 mg126 mg
- Potassiummore is better11 mg23 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better40 mg97 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.33 mg5.33 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better3 mg7 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.

