Amaranth, cooked leads 4–2 · 6 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Corn bran, crude for more fiber and less sodium.
Evenly matched on protein.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.73 g3.73 g
- Carbohydrate18.32 g38.23 g
- Fibermore is better2.06 g35.27 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0 g
- Total fat1.55 g0.41 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.06 g
- Sodiumless is better5.88 mg3.13 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg19.64 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN46.08 mg18.75 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg1.25 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg28.57 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.

