Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Leeks, cooked: 100 g.
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 Leeks, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal31 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.81 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g7.62 g
- Fibermore is better—1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.11 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.2 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg246 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg87 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg30 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.1 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg14 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg4.2 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.

