Amaranth, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
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 Farro, cooked for more protein and more fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.73 g4.33 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.32 g20.91 g
- Fibermore is better2.06 g3.26 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—2.33 g
- Total fat1.55 g0.63 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.06 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg6.06 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg124.24 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN46.08 mg6.82 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg1.33 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg36.36 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better——
- 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.

