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 sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Collards, frozen, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat and more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal36 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.97 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g7.1 g
- Fibermore is better—2.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.57 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.41 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg286 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg251 mg
- Calciummore is better209 mg210 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.12 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg30 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg26.4 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.

