Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Green cabbage, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal23 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.27 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g5.51 g
- Fibermore is better—1.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.79 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.06 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg255 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg196 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg48 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.17 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg15 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg37.5 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.

