Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Mixed vegetables, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Mixed vegetables, cooked for more protein and less saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal60 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.86 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g13.09 g
- Fibermore is better—4.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.12 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.15 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg271 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg169 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg25 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.82 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg22 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg3.2 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.

