Bagel, plain leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Bagel, plain comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bagel, plain for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Chow mein noodles for more fiber, less sugar and more iron.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN4 g2.31 g
- Carbohydrate19.84 g13.51 g
- Fibermore is better0.61 g1.42 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better3.19 g0 gWIN
- Total fat0.5 g4.51 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.14 g1.43 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN159.85 mg183.86 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN40.53 mg21.87 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN82.95 mg0 mg
- Ironmore is better1.35 mg1.37 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN10.98 mg4.03 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.

