Amaranth, cooked leads 7–0 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.73 g1.2 g
- Carbohydrate18.32 g14.13 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2.06 g0.29 g
- Total sugarsless is better—8.39 g
- Total fat1.55 g4.29 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.76 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg89.6 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg32.27 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN46.08 mg11.73 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg0.35 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg2.67 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0.24 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.

