Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Broccoli, raw for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g8.29 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g19.53 g
- Fibermore is better—7.65 g
- Total sugarsless is better—5 g
- Total fat0.86 g1.09 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g0.34 g
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg97.06 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg929.41 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg138.24 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg2.15 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg61.76 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better195.71 mg262.35 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.

