Dead heat · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Chickpeas, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Tempeh for more protein, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.4 g10.57 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.72 g3.98 g
- Fibermore is better4.63 g—
- Total sugarsless is better2.93 g—
- Total fat1.58 g5.63 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.16 g1.32 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4.27 mg4.69 mg
- Potassiummore is better177.44 mg214.58 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better29.88 mg57.81 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.76 mg1.41 mg
- Magnesiummore is better29.27 mg42.19 mgWIN
- 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.

