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 Kimchi for more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g7.33 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g16 g
- Fibermore is better—10.67 g
- Total sugarsless is better—7.07 g
- Total fat0.86 g3.33 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g0.45 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1223.81 mg3320 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg1006.67 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg220 mg
- Ironmore is better10.76 mg16.67 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg93.33 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg0 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.

