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, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Hearts of palm, canned for more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g9 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g16.5 g
- Fibermore is better—8.57 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.86 g2.21 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g0.46 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1223.81 mg1521.43 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg632.14 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg207.14 mg
- Ironmore is better10.76 mg11.18 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg135.71 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg28.21 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.

