Black tea, brewed leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black tea, brewed comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black tea, brewed for less sugar, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Root beer for less saturated fat, less sodium and more calcium.
Evenly matched on protein, fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0 g
- Carbohydrate30 g25.85 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0 g25.85 g
- Total fat0 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.2 g0 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better300 mg31.71 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3700 mg2.44 mg
- Calciummore is better0 mg12.2 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2 mg0.12 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN300 mg2.44 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.

