Pistachios, dry roasted leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Pistachios, dry roasted: 100 g · Walnuts: 100 g.
The verdict
Pistachios, dry roasted comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Pistachios, dry roasted for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Walnuts for less sugar, less sodium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy569 kcal654 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN21.05 g15.23 g
- Carbohydrate27.55 g13.71 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN10.3 g6.7 g
- Total sugarsless is better7.74 g2.61 gWIN
- Total fat45.82 g65.21 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN5.65 g6.13 g
- Sodiumless is better428 mg2 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1007 mg441 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN107 mg98 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN4.03 mg2.91 mg
- Magnesiummore is better109 mg158 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN3 mg1.3 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.

