Amaranth, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Chow mein noodles for more protein, more fiber and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy102 kcal471 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.8 g10.88 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.69 g63.64 g
- Fibermore is better2.1 g6.7 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0 g
- Total fat1.58 g21.24 g
- Saturated fatless is better—6.74 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN6 mg866 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN135 mg103 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN47 mg0 mg
- Ironmore is better2.1 mg6.43 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN65 mg19 mg
- 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.

