Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Bamboo shoots, raw for less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g9.63 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g19.26 g
- Fibermore is better—8.15 g
- Total sugarsless is better—11.11 g
- Total fat0.86 g1.11 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g0.26 g
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg14.81 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg1974.07 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg48.15 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg1.85 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg11.11 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg14.81 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.

