Ancho peppers, dried leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Ancho peppers, dried: 100 g.
The verdict
Ancho peppers, dried comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less saturated fat, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Pick Ancho peppers, dried for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal281 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g11.86 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g51.42 g
- Fibermore is better—21.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.18 g8.2 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.82 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg43 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better641 mg2411 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg61 mg
- Ironmore is better2.26 mg10.93 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better55 mg113 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg2 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.

