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 more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Crimini mushroom, raw for more protein, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal22 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.5 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g4.3 g
- Fibermore is better—0.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.72 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.1 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.01 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg6 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg448 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg18 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.4 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg9 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg0 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.

