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 iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Collard greens, raw for more protein, less sodium and more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal32 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g3.02 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g5.42 g
- Fibermore is better—4 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.46 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.61 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.06 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg17 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg213 mg
- Calciummore is better209 mg232 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.47 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg27 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg35.3 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.

