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 kcal27 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.92 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g4.74 g
- Fibermore is better—2.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.14 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.94 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.1 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg1671 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg193 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg23 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.88 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg15 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg10 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.

