Egg, poached leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Egg, poached comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Egg omelet for less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Egg, poached for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.86 g8.75 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0.42 g0.5 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.2 g0.26 g
- Total fat7.57 g6.62 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN2.16 g2.18 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN100.65 mg207.69 mg
- Potassiummore is better75.97 mg96.5 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better31.17 mg39.16 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.96 mg1.22 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better7.14 mg8.39 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.

