Instant white rice, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Instant white rice, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowroot flour for more fiber, less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Instant white rice, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.08 g1.76 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.69 g21.58 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN0.95 g0.48 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0 g
- Total fat0.03 g0.4 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.01 g0.01 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.56 mg3.23 mg
- Potassiummore is better3.08 mg7.26 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN11.2 mg6.45 mg
- Ironmore is better0.09 mg1.43 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better0.84 mg4.03 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.

