Chickpeas, cooked leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chickpeas, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chickpeas, cooked for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Cottage cheese for more protein and more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.4 g12.9 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.72 g5.88 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.63 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN2.93 g4.94 g
- Total fat1.58 g2.8 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.16 g1.52 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4.27 mg380.25 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN177.44 mg154.32 mg
- Calciummore is better29.88 mg137.04 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.76 mg0.16 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN29.27 mg11.11 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN0.79 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.

