Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
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 Brussels sprouts, raw for more protein, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal43 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g3.38 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g8.95 g
- Fibermore is better—3.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.2 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.3 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.06 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg25 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg389 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg42 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.4 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg23 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg85 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.

