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 more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Beets, canned for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal31 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.91 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g7.21 g
- Fibermore is better—1.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better—5.51 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.14 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg194 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg148 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg15 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.82 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg17 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg4.1 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.

