Diet cola leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Diet cola comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Diet cola for more protein, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Beer, light for less sodium.
Evenly matched on fiber, saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.5 g0.83 g
- Carbohydrate14.5 g5.66 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0 g0.31 g
- Total fat1.5 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is better400 mg13.79 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN400 mg72.41 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN150 mg13.79 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN5.5 mg0.1 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN50 mg17.24 mg
- 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.

