Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Celtuce, raw for less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g4.72 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g20.28 g
- Fibermore is better—9.44 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.86 g1.67 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g—
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg61.11 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg1833.33 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg216.67 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg3.06 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg155.56 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg108.33 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.

