Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 8–0 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
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
- Energy21 kcal145 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.03 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g3.84 g
- Fibermore is better—3.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.54 g
- Total fat0.18 g15.32 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g2.03 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg1556 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg42 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg52 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.49 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg11 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.

