Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Arugula, raw for more protein and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal25 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.58 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g3.65 g
- Fibermore is better—1.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.05 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.66 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.09 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg27 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg369 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg160 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.46 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg47 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg15 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.

