Oats, dry leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Oats, dry comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Oats, dry for more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Spaghetti, cooked for more protein and less saturated fat.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.47 g5.4 gWIN
- Carbohydrate17.86 g18.83 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2.66 g1.22 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.26 g—
- Total fat1.72 g0.13 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.29 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1.58 mg3.05 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN95.51 mg25.61 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN13.72 mg6.1 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.12 mg0.44 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN36.41 mg18.29 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.

