Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Mustard spinach (tendergreen), cooked: 100 g.
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 Mustard spinach (tendergreen), cooked for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal16 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.7 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g2.8 g
- Fibermore is better—2 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.18 g0.2 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g—
- Sodiumless is better257 mg250 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg285 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg158 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.8 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg7 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg65 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.

