Beet greens, raw leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Beet greens, raw comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Pick Beet greens, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g10 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g19.68 g
- Fibermore is better—16.82 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.27 g
- Total fat0.86 g0.59 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g0.09 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg1027.27 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better3052.38 mg3463.64 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg531.82 mg
- Ironmore is better10.76 mg11.68 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better261.9 mg318.18 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg136.36 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.

