Chia seeds leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Chia seeds comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chia seeds for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Pecans for less sodium and more potassium.
Head-to-head
- Energy486 kcal691 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN16.54 g9.17 g
- Carbohydrate42.12 g13.86 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN34.4 g9.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.97 g
- Total fat30.74 g71.97 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN3.33 g6.18 g
- Sodiumless is better16 mg0 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better407 mg410 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN631 mg70 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN7.72 mg2.53 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN335 mg121 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1.6 mg1.1 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.

