Tempeh leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Tempeh comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken breast, cooked for more protein and less saturated fat.
Pick Tempeh for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN18.8 g10.57 g
- Carbohydrate0 g3.98 g
- Fibermore is better0 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat2.16 g5.63 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.61 g1.32 g
- Sodiumless is better44.85 mg4.69 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better155.15 mg214.58 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better9.09 mg57.81 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.63 mg1.41 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better17.58 mg42.19 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 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.

