Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided
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, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Moringa pods, cooked for more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal36 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g2.09 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g8.18 g
- Fibermore is better—4.2 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.18 g0.19 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg279 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg457 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg20 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.45 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg42 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg97 mgWIN
- 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.

