Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Broccoli, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Broccoli, cooked for more protein, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal35 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.38 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g7.18 g
- Fibermore is better—3.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.39 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.41 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg41 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg293 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg40 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.67 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg21 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg64.9 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.

