Plantains, cooked leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Apples, canned: 100 g · Plantains, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Plantains, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apples, canned for less sugar and more calcium.
Pick Plantains, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy67 kcal155 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.18 g1.52 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.84 g41.37 g
- Fibermore is better2 g2.2 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN14.84 g21.33 g
- Total fat0.43 g0.16 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better3 mg2 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better70 mg477 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN4 mg3 mg
- Ironmore is better0.24 mg0.28 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better3 mg41 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.2 mg16.4 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.

