Marinara sauce leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Marinara sauce comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bean dip for more protein, more fiber, less sugar and less sodium.
Pick Marinara sauce for more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN4.57 g2.78 g
- Carbohydrate13.35 g14.86 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.12 g3.6 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.83 g9.82 g
- Total fat3.11 g3.22 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.44 g0.44 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN372.27 mg874 mg
- Potassiummore is better309.24 mg640 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better21.85 mg52 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.34 mg1.46 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better33.61 mg36 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.5 mg4 mgWIN
- 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.

