Beer, light leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Diet cola: 100 g · Beer, light: 100 g.
The verdict
Beer, light comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Diet cola for less sugar and more iron.
Pick Beer, light for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber, saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy2 kcal29 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.11 g0.24 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0.29 g1.64 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0 g0.09 g
- Total fat0.03 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is better8 mg4 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better8 mg21 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better3 mg4 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.11 mg0.03 mg
- Magnesiummore is better1 mg5 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.

