Popcorn, air-popped leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Popcorn, air-popped comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowroot flour for less saturated fat, less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Popcorn, air-popped for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.08 g3.34 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.69 g20.1 g
- Fibermore is better0.95 g3.75 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0.22 g
- Total fat0.03 g1.17 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.01 g0.16 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.56 mg2.07 mg
- Potassiummore is better3.08 mg85.01 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN11.2 mg1.81 mg
- Ironmore is better0.09 mg0.82 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better0.84 mg37.21 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.

