Marinara sauce leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Marinara sauce comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beef stew, canned for more protein, less sugar, less sodium and more iron.
Pick Marinara sauce for more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN4.45 g2.78 g
- Carbohydrate7.93 g14.86 g
- Fibermore is better0.91 g3.6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN1.78 g9.82 g
- Total fat5.59 g3.22 g
- Saturated fatless is better2.21 g0.44 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN391.92 mg874 mg
- Potassiummore is better164.65 mg640 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better12.12 mg52 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.51 mg1.46 mg
- Magnesiummore is better8.08 mg36 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.71 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.

