Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Kohlrabi, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal27 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.7 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g6.2 g
- Fibermore is better—3.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.6 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.1 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.01 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg20 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg350 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg24 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.4 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg19 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg62 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.

