Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Baby carrots, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Baby carrots, raw for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal35 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.64 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g8.24 g
- Fibermore is better—2.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.76 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.13 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg78 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg237 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg32 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.89 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg2.6 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.

