Chia seeds leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Chia seeds comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chia seeds for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Pistachios, dry roasted for more protein, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy486 kcal569 kcal
- Proteinmore is better16.54 g21.05 gWIN
- Carbohydrate42.12 g27.55 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN34.4 g10.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—7.74 g
- Total fat30.74 g45.82 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN3.33 g5.65 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN16 mg428 mg
- Potassiummore is better407 mg1007 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN631 mg107 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN7.72 mg4.03 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN335 mg109 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better1.6 mg3 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.

