Beer, light leads 7–0 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Beer, light comes out ahead, winning 7 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beer, light for more protein, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber, saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.22 g0.83 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.41 g5.66 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better25.32 g0.31 gWIN
- Total fat0 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is better24.39 mg13.79 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better2.44 mg72.41 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better4.88 mg13.79 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.05 mg0.1 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better2.44 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.

