Amaranth, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Corn flakes cereal for more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.73 g1.54 g
- Carbohydrate18.32 g22.92 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2.06 g0.7 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.04 g
- Total fat1.55 g0.24 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.06 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg148.7 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg27.86 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN46.08 mg0.52 mg
- Ironmore is better2.06 mg5.05 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg1.82 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—16.93 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.

