Hazelnuts leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Hazelnuts comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Cashews, dry roasted for more protein, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Hazelnuts for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.67 g2.38 g
- Carbohydrate5.7 g2.66 g
- Fibermore is better0.52 g1.54 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better0.87 g0.69 gWIN
- Total fat8.07 g9.67 g
- Saturated fatless is better1.6 g0.71 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better111.5 mg0 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better98.43 mg108.28 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better7.84 mg18.15 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.05 mg0.75 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN45.3 mg25.96 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1 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.

