Lemon juice leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Lemon juice comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apples, canned for more fiber, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Lemon juice for more protein, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.27 g1.59 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.13 g31.36 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2.99 g1.36 g
- Total sugarsless is better22.15 g11.45 gWIN
- Total fat0.64 g1.09 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.1 g0.18 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4.48 mg4.55 mg
- Potassiummore is better104.48 mg468.18 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better5.97 mg27.27 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.36 mg0.36 mg
- Magnesiummore is better4.48 mg27.27 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.3 mg175.91 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.

