Sweet potato, baked leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Sweet potato, baked: 100 g · White rice, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Sweet potato, baked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Sweet potato, baked for more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick White rice, cooked for more protein, less sugar, less sodium and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy90 kcal130 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.01 g2.69 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.71 g28.17 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN3.3 g0.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better6.48 g0.05 gWIN
- Total fat0.15 g0.28 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is better36 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN475 mg35 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN38 mg10 mg
- Ironmore is better0.69 mg1.2 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN27 mg12 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.6 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.

