Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Black olives, canned: 100 g.
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, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Black olives, canned for more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal81 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.97 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g5.61 g
- Fibermore is better—2.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0 g
- Total fat0.18 g6.87 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.91 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg735 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg9 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg94 mg
- Ironmore is better2.26 mg3.32 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg4 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg1.5 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.

