Beer, light leads 5–1 · 6 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Beer, light comes out ahead, winning 5 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Grape soda for 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
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0.83 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.05 g5.66 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.31 g
- Total fat0 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is better34.88 mg13.79 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better2.33 mg72.41 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better6.98 mg13.79 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.19 mg0.1 mg
- Magnesiummore is better2.33 mg17.24 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.

