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 less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Teff, cooked for more protein, more fiber and more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.73 g3.83 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.32 g19.66 g
- Fibermore is better2.06 g2.77 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat1.55 g0.64 g
- Saturated fatless is better——
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg7.92 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg105.94 mg
- Calciummore is better46.08 mg48.51 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg2.03 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg49.5 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.

