Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Brussels sprouts, frozen, cooked for more protein and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal42 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g3.64 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g8.32 g
- Fibermore is better—4.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.08 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.39 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg259 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg290 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg26 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.48 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg45.7 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.

