Hot chocolate leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Hot chocolate comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beer, regular for less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Hot chocolate for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.07 g1.67 gWIN
- Carbohydrate8.26 g20.98 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0.91 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0 g16.42 g
- Total fat0 g1 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0 g0.6 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN9.3 mg132.73 mg
- Potassiummore is better62.79 mg180 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better9.3 mg38.18 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.05 mg0.31 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better13.95 mg21.82 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- 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.

