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 more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Cauliflower, cooked for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal23 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.84 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g4.11 g
- Fibermore is better—2.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.08 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.45 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg15 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg142 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg16 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.32 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg9 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg44.3 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.

