Energy drink leads 3–2 · 5 categories decided · 4 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Energy drink comes out ahead, winning 3 of 5 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Brandy / cognac (distilled) for less sodium and more iron.
Pick Energy drink for more potassium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on protein, fiber, saturated fat and magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0 g
- Carbohydrate0 g25.04 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better—23.16 g
- Total fat0 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.34 mg22.22 mg
- Potassiummore is better0.68 mg8.89 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better0 mg17.78 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.01 mg0 mg
- Magnesiummore is better0 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg55.56 mgWIN
- 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.

