Tempeh leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Tempeh comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Salmon, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat and more vitamin C.
Pick Tempeh for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.73 g10.57 g
- Carbohydrate0 g3.98 g
- Fibermore is better0 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat6 g5.63 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN1.16 g1.32 g
- Sodiumless is better29.61 mg4.69 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better186.41 mg214.58 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better7.28 mg57.81 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.17 mg1.41 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better14.56 mg42.19 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1.8 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.

