Chinese broccoli (gai lan), cooked leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chinese broccoli (gai lan), cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Agar seaweed, raw for less sugar, less saturated fat, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Chinese broccoli (gai lan), cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.08 g5.18 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.96 g17.32 g
- Fibermore is better1.92 g11.36 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN1.08 g3.82 g
- Total fat0.12 g3.27 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.02 g0.5 g
- Sodiumless is better34.62 mg31.82 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better869.23 mg1186.36 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better207.69 mg454.55 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN7.15 mg2.55 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN257.69 mg81.82 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg128.18 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.

