Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Asparagus, frozen, cooked: 100 g.
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 Asparagus, frozen, cooked for more protein and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal18 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.95 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g1.92 g
- Fibermore is better—1.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.32 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.42 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.1 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg240 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg172 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg18 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.56 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg24.4 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.

