Pork frankfurter (hot dog) leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Pork frankfurter (hot dog) comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beef chuck roast, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Pork frankfurter (hot dog) for more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.33 g4.76 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0.1 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0.04 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat6.2 g8.8 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN2.44 g3.24 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN16.96 mg303.35 mg
- Potassiummore is better83.04 mg98.14 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better6.01 mg99.26 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.84 mg1.38 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN6.71 mg5.58 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.74 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.

