Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Carrots, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Carrots, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal35 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.76 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g8.22 g
- Fibermore is better—3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.45 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.18 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg58 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg235 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg30 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.34 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg3.6 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.

