Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Kale, raw for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g8.34 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g12.63 g
- Fibermore is better—11.71 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.83 g
- Total fat0.86 g4.26 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g0.51 g
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg151.43 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg994.29 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg725.71 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg4.57 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg94.29 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better195.71 mg266.86 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.

