Brazil nuts leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Brazil nuts: 100 g · Cashews, dry roasted: 100 g.
The verdict
Brazil nuts comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Brazil nuts for more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Cashews, dry roasted for more protein, less saturated fat and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy659 kcal574 kcal
- Proteinmore is better14.32 g15.31 gWIN
- Carbohydrate11.74 g32.69 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.5 g3 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN2.33 g5.01 g
- Total fat67.1 g46.35 g
- Saturated fatless is better16.13 g9.16 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN3 mg640 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN659 mg565 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN160 mg45 mg
- Ironmore is better2.43 mg6 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN376 mg260 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN0.7 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.

