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 Bamboo shoots, raw for more protein and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal27 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.6 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g5.2 g
- Fibermore is better—2.2 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.3 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg4 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg533 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg13 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.5 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg3 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg4 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.

