Oats, dry leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Oats, dry comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Couscous, cooked for less sugar and less saturated fat.
Pick Oats, dry for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.38 g3.47 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.73 g17.86 g
- Fibermore is better1.25 g2.66 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.09 g0.26 g
- Total fat0.14 g1.72 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.29 g
- Sodiumless is better4.46 mg1.58 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better51.79 mg95.51 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better7.14 mg13.72 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.34 mg1.12 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better7.14 mg36.41 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.

