Macaroni, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Macaroni, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Ancient Grains Probiotic Granola for more calcium and more iron.
Pick Macaroni, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g3.54 gWIN
- Carbohydrate15.6 g20.79 g
- Fibermore is better2.4 g3.36 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better3.6 g0.9 gWIN
- Total fat3.6 g0.09 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.6 g0.01 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better96 mg4.69 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better—24.22 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN20 mg8.59 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.72 mg0.38 mg
- Magnesiummore is better—14.84 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0 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.
