Short-grain white rice, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Short-grain white rice, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowroot flour for less saturated fat and more calcium.
Pick Short-grain white rice, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.08 g1.82 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.69 g22.1 g
- Fibermore is better0.95 g—
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.03 g0.15 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.01 g0.04 g
- Sodiumless is better0.56 mg0 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better3.08 mg20 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN11.2 mg0.77 mg
- Ironmore is better0.09 mg0.15 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better0.84 mg6.15 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.

