Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Moringa leaves, cooked for more protein, less sodium and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal60 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g5.27 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g11.15 g
- Fibermore is better—2 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.93 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g—
- Sodiumless is better257 mg245 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg344 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg151 mg
- Ironmore is better2.26 mg2.32 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg34 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg31 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.

