Amaranth, cooked leads 7–0 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.73 g3.37 g
- Carbohydrate18.32 g19.9 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2.06 g0.62 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat1.55 g0.52 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.09 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5.88 mg196.56 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN132.35 mg28.18 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN46.08 mg16.15 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.06 mg1.15 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN63.73 mg6.87 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.

