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 Lambsquarters, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g10 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g15.63 g
- Fibermore is better—6.56 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.94 g
- Total fat0.86 g2.19 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g0.16 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg828.13 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg900 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg806.25 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg2.19 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg71.88 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg115.63 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.

