Beer, light leads 4–2 · 6 categories decided · 3 ties
Beer, light: 100 g · Orange soda: 100 g.
The verdict
Beer, light comes out ahead, winning 4 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beer, light for more protein, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Orange soda for more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on fiber, saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy29 kcal48 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN0.24 g0 g
- Carbohydrate1.64 g12.3 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.09 g—
- Total fat0 g0 g
- Saturated fatless is better0 g0 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg12 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN21 mg2 mg
- Calciummore is better4 mg5 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.03 mg0.06 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN5 mg1 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.

