Yogurt, plain, low fat leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Yogurt, plain, low fat comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Buttermilk for more potassium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Yogurt, plain, low fat for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium and more calcium.
Evenly matched on fiber and iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.28 g8.33 gWIN
- Carbohydrate11.98 g11.17 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better13.4 g11.17 gWIN
- Total fat2.68 g2.46 g
- Saturated fatless is better1.65 g1.59 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better370 mg111.11 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN377.5 mg371.43 mg
- Calciummore is better290 mg290.48 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.13 mg0.13 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN27.5 mg26.98 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.5 mg1.27 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.

