Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Luffa (towel gourd), cooked for less saturated fat.
Evenly matched on sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal54 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.66 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g13.75 g
- Fibermore is better—2.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—5.17 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.34 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg257 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg453 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg9 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.36 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg20 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg5.7 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.

