Brown rice, raw leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Amaranth, cooked: 100 g · Brown rice, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Brown rice, raw comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more calcium and more iron.
Pick Brown rice, raw for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy102 kcal367 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.8 g7.54 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.69 g76.25 g
- Fibermore is better2.1 g3.6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0.66 g
- Total fat1.58 g3.2 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.59 g
- Sodiumless is better6 mg5 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better135 mg250 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN47 mg9 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.1 mg1.29 mg
- Magnesiummore is better65 mg116 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0 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.

