Amaranth, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Bran flakes cereal for more fiber, more potassium and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.73 g2.62 g
- Carbohydrate18.32 g20.45 g
- Fibermore is better2.06 g4.33 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—4.4 g
- Total fat1.55 g0.86 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.11 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg150.26 mg
- Potassiummore is better132.35 mg161.54 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN46.08 mg11.54 mg
- Ironmore is better2.06 mg17.35 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg48.72 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—61.46 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.

