Bagel, plain leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Bagel, plain: 100 g · Chow mein noodles: 100 g.
The verdict
Bagel, plain comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bagel, plain for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Chow mein noodles for more protein, more fiber, less sugar and more iron.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy264 kcal471 kcal
- Proteinmore is better10.56 g10.88 gWIN
- Carbohydrate52.38 g63.64 g
- Fibermore is better1.6 g6.7 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better8.43 g0 gWIN
- Total fat1.32 g21.24 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.36 g6.74 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN422 mg866 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN107 mg103 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN219 mg0 mg
- Ironmore is better3.57 mg6.43 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN29 mg19 mg
- 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.

