Amaranth, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Croissant for more protein and more fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy102 kcal406 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.8 g8.2 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.69 g45.8 g
- Fibermore is better2.1 g2.6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—11.26 g
- Total fat1.58 g21 g
- Saturated fatless is better—11.66 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN6 mg384 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN135 mg118 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN47 mg37 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.1 mg2.03 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN65 mg16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0.2 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.

