Amaranth, cooked leads 7–0 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.73 g2.24 g
- Carbohydrate18.32 g21.24 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2.06 g2.02 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.18 g
- Total fat1.55 g0.99 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.14 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg9.67 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg79.28 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN46.08 mg1.66 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg0.95 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg35.08 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.

