Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Green olives for less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g0.71 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g2.65 g
- Fibermore is better—2.28 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.37 g
- Total fat0.86 g10.57 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g1.4 g
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg1073.1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg28.97 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg35.86 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg0.34 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg7.59 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 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.

