Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Moringa pods, cooked for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g5.81 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g22.72 g
- Fibermore is better—11.67 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.86 g0.53 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g—
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg775 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg1269.44 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg55.56 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg1.25 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg116.67 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better195.71 mg269.44 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.

