Hot chocolate leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Hot chocolate comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Hot chocolate for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Beer, light for less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.67 g0.83 g
- Carbohydrate20.98 g5.66 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN0.91 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better16.42 g0.31 gWIN
- Total fat1 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.6 g0 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better132.73 mg13.79 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN180 mg72.41 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN38.18 mg13.79 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.31 mg0.1 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN21.82 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.

