Pistachios, dry roasted leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Pistachios, dry roasted comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Peanuts, dry roasted for more protein, less sugar, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Pistachios, dry roasted for more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN4.15 g3.7 g
- Carbohydrate3.62 g4.84 g
- Fibermore is better1.43 g1.81 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.83 g1.36 g
- Total fat8.46 g8.05 g
- Saturated fatless is better1.32 g0.99 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN69.85 mg75.22 mg
- Potassiummore is better108.01 mg176.98 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better9.88 mg18.8 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.27 mg0.71 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN30.32 mg19.16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.53 mgWIN
- 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.

