Smelt, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Smelt, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bluefin tuna, cooked for less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Smelt, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better16.26 g18.23 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat3.41 g2.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.88 g0.47 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN27.17 mg62.1 mg
- Potassiummore is better175.54 mg300 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better5.43 mg62.1 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.71 mg0.93 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN34.78 mg30.65 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.

