Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Corn, canned: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Corn, canned for more protein and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal67 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.29 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g14.34 g
- Fibermore is better—2 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.44 g
- Total fat0.18 g1.22 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.25 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg205 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg132 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg3 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.27 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg13 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg1.8 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.

