Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Hearts of palm, canned: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Hearts of palm, canned for more protein and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal28 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.52 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g4.62 g
- Fibermore is better—2.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.18 g0.62 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.13 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg426 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg177 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg58 mg
- Ironmore is better2.26 mg3.13 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg38 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg7.9 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.

