Beer, regular leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Beer, regular comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beer, regular for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Sweetened iced tea for more fiber, less sodium and more iron.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.07 g0.03 g
- Carbohydrate8.26 g24.6 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0.29 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0 g23.8 g
- Total fat0 g0.17 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0 g0.02 g
- Sodiumless is better9.3 mg5.71 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN62.79 mg42.86 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN9.3 mg5.71 mg
- Ironmore is better0.05 mg0.06 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN13.95 mg2.86 mg
- 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.

