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 less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Mustard spinach (tendergreen), cooked for more protein and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better10.05 g10.63 gWIN
- Carbohydrate19.57 g17.5 g
- Fibermore is better—12.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.86 g1.25 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1223.81 mg1562.5 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg1781.25 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg987.5 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg5 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg43.75 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better195.71 mg406.25 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.

