Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Mushrooms, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Mushrooms, raw for more protein and less sodium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal22 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g3.09 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g3.26 g
- Fibermore is better—1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.98 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.34 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.05 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg5 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg318 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg3 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.5 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg9 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg2.1 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.

