Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 8–0 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g6.19 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g16.97 g
- Fibermore is better—14.35 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.86 g2.86 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g0.45 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1223.81 mg4134.78 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg42.03 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg418.84 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg4.32 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg20.29 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg16.38 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.

