Plantains, cooked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Plantains, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Apples, canned for more fiber, more calcium and more iron.
Pick Plantains, cooked for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.27 g0.98 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.13 g26.69 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2.99 g1.42 g
- Total sugarsless is better22.15 g13.76 gWIN
- Total fat0.64 g0.1 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.1 g0 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better4.48 mg1.29 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better104.48 mg307.74 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN5.97 mg1.94 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.36 mg0.18 mg
- Magnesiummore is better4.48 mg26.45 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.3 mg10.58 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.

