Amaranth, cooked leads 5–1 · 6 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Pancakes, plain for more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.73 g2.82 g
- Carbohydrate18.32 g12.47 g
- Fibermore is better2.06 g—
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat1.55 g4.27 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.93 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg193.39 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg58.15 mg
- Calciummore is better46.08 mg96.48 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg0.79 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg7.05 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0.13 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.

