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, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Kohlrabi, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g6.21 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g23.07 g
- Fibermore is better—3.79 g
- Total sugarsless is better—9.66 g
- Total fat0.86 g0.38 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg886.21 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg1172.41 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg86.21 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg1.38 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg65.52 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg186.21 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.

