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 iron and more magnesium.
Pick Hamburger bun for more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.73 g3.5 g
- Carbohydrate18.32 g17.96 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2.06 g0.65 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.61 g
- Total fat1.55 g1.4 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.3 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg177.06 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg43.73 mg
- Calciummore is better46.08 mg51.61 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg1.23 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg8.24 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0.47 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.

