Quinoa, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Bagel, plain: 100 g · Quinoa, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Quinoa, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bagel, plain for more protein, more calcium and more iron.
Pick Quinoa, cooked for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy264 kcal120 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.56 g4.4 g
- Carbohydrate52.38 g21.3 g
- Fibermore is better1.6 g2.8 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better8.43 g0.87 gWIN
- Total fat1.32 g1.92 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.36 g0.23 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better422 mg7 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better107 mg172 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN219 mg17 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN3.57 mg1.49 mg
- Magnesiummore is better29 mg64 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.

