Amaranth, cooked leads 4–2 · 6 categories decided · 1 tie
Amaranth, cooked: 100 g · Macaroni, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Macaroni, cooked for more protein and more fiber.
Evenly matched on sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy102 kcal128 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.8 g4.53 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.69 g26.61 g
- Fibermore is better2.1 g4.3 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—1.15 g
- Total fat1.58 g0.11 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.02 g
- Sodiumless is better6 mg6 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN135 mg31 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN47 mg11 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.1 mg0.49 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN65 mg19 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.

