Reduced-fat sour cream leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Reduced-fat sour cream comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Butter, salted for less sugar.
Pick Reduced-fat sour cream for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.12 g3.87 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0.01 g3.87 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.01 g0.17 g
- Total fat11.31 g7.79 g
- Saturated fatless is better7.16 g4.81 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better89.68 mg38.67 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better3.35 mg116.57 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better3.35 mg77.9 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0 mg0.03 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better0.28 mg6.08 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.5 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.

