Black tea, brewed leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black tea, brewed comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black tea, brewed for less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Hot chocolate for more protein, more fiber, less sodium and more calcium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g1.67 gWIN
- Carbohydrate30 g20.98 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0.91 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0 g16.42 g
- Total fat0 g1 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.2 g0.6 g
- Sodiumless is better300 mg132.73 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3700 mg180 mg
- Calciummore is better0 mg38.18 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2 mg0.31 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN300 mg21.82 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.

