Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Broccoli, frozen, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Broccoli, frozen, cooked for more protein and less saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal28 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g3.1 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g5.35 g
- Fibermore is better—3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.47 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.12 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg260 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg142 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg33 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.61 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg13 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg40.1 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.

