Malabar spinach, raw leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Malabar spinach, raw comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Agar seaweed, raw for less sodium and more iron.
Pick Malabar spinach, raw for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.08 g9.47 gWIN
- Carbohydrate25.96 g17.89 g
- Fibermore is better1.92 g—
- Total sugarsless is better1.08 g—
- Total fat0.12 g1.58 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.02 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN34.62 mg126.32 mg
- Potassiummore is better869.23 mg2684.21 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better207.69 mg573.68 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN7.15 mg6.32 mg
- Magnesiummore is better257.69 mg342.11 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg536.84 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.

