Pistachios, dry roasted leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Pistachios, dry roasted comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Brazil nuts for less sugar, less sodium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Pistachios, dry roasted for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.17 g3.7 gWIN
- Carbohydrate1.78 g4.84 g
- Fibermore is better1.14 g1.81 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.35 g1.36 g
- Total fat10.18 g8.05 g
- Saturated fatless is better2.45 g0.99 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.46 mg75.22 mg
- Potassiummore is better100 mg176.98 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN24.28 mg18.8 mg
- Ironmore is better0.37 mg0.71 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN57.06 mg19.16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.11 mg0.53 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.

