Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Epazote, raw for less sodium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g1.03 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g23.25 g
- Fibermore is better—11.88 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.86 g1.63 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g—
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg134.38 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg1978.13 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg859.38 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg5.88 mg
- Magnesiummore is better261.9 mg378.13 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg11.25 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.

