Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Asparagus, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Asparagus, raw for more protein, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal20 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.2 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g3.88 g
- Fibermore is better—2.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.88 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.12 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg2 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg202 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg24 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg2.14 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg14 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg5.6 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.

