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Barbecue sauce
Barbecue sauce5
VS
Ketchup
Ketchup5

Dead heat · 10 categories decided

Both foods compared at 100 kcal.

The verdict

It's a dead heat — each wins 5 of 10 match-ups.

Pick Barbecue sauce for more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more calcium and more iron.

Pick Ketchup for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.

Equal weight (per 100 g)Common servingEqual calories

Head-to-head

  • Energy
    100 kcal
    100 kcal
  • Proteinmore is better
    0.48 g
    1.03 gWIN
  • Carbohydrate
    23.7 g
    27.13 g
  • Fibermore is better
    WIN0.52 g
    0.3 g
  • Total sugarsless is better
    WIN19.33 g
    21.06 g
  • Total fat
    0.37 g
    0.1 g
  • Saturated fatless is better
    0.03 g
    0.01 gWIN
  • Sodiumless is better
    WIN597.09 mg
    898.02 mg
  • Potassiummore is better
    134.88 mg
    278.22 mgWIN
  • Calciummore is better
    WIN19.19 mg
    14.85 mg
  • Ironmore is better
    WIN0.37 mg
    0.35 mg
  • Magnesiummore is better
    7.56 mg
    12.87 mgWIN
  • Vitamin Cmore is better
    0.35 mg
    4.06 mgWIN
  • Vitamin Dmore is better
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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.