Polenta (cornmeal), cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Arrowroot flour: 100 g · Polenta (cornmeal), cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Polenta (cornmeal), cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowroot flour for less saturated fat, less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Polenta (cornmeal), cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy357 kcal370 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.3 g7.11 gWIN
- Carbohydrate88.15 g79.45 g
- Fibermore is better3.4 g3.9 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—1.61 g
- Total fat0.1 g1.75 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.02 g0.22 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN2 mg7 mg
- Potassiummore is better11 mg142 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN40 mg3 mg
- Ironmore is better0.33 mg4.36 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better3 mg32 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.

