Maple sugar leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Maple sugar comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Sugar, granulated (white) for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Maple sugar for more protein, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0.03 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.83 g25.68 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better25.79 g23.97 gWIN
- Total fat0 g0.06 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0 g0.01 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.26 mg3.11 mg
- Potassiummore is better0.52 mg77.4 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better0.26 mg25.42 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.01 mg0.45 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better0 mg5.37 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 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.

