Dead heat · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Bok choy, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better10.05 g13 gWIN
- Carbohydrate19.57 g14.83 g
- Fibermore is better—8.33 g
- Total sugarsless is better—6.92 g
- Total fat0.86 g1.33 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g0.18 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1223.81 mg2250 mg
- Potassiummore is better3052.38 mg3091.67 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg775 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg8.67 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg91.67 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better195.71 mg216.67 mgWIN
- 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.

