Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Hungarian peppers, raw for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal29 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.8 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g6.7 g
- Fibermore is better—1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.53 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.41 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.05 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg202 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg12 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.46 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg92.9 mgWIN
- 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.

