Beer, light leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Beer, light comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Lemonade for more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Beer, light for more protein, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Evenly matched on fiber and saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g0.83 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.64 g5.66 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better25 g0.31 gWIN
- Total fat0.29 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is better42.86 mg13.79 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better42.86 mg72.41 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN28.57 mg13.79 mg
- Ironmore is better0.07 mg0.1 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN71.43 mg17.24 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.71 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.

