Potato salad leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Potato salad comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beef stew, canned for more protein and more iron.
Pick Potato salad for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN4.45 g1.87 g
- Carbohydrate7.93 g7.81 g
- Fibermore is better0.91 g0.91 g
- Total sugarsless is better1.78 g—
- Total fat5.59 g5.73 g
- Saturated fatless is better2.21 g1 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better391.92 mg369.93 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better164.65 mg177.62 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better12.12 mg13.29 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.51 mg0.45 mg
- Magnesiummore is better8.08 mg10.49 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.71 mg6.99 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.

