Amaranth, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Hard red winter wheat for more protein, more fiber and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.73 g3.86 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.32 g21.77 g
- Fibermore is better2.06 g3.73 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0.13 g
- Total fat1.55 g0.47 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.08 g
- Sodiumless is better5.88 mg0.61 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg111.01 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN46.08 mg8.87 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg0.98 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg38.53 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.

