Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick New Zealand spinach, cooked for less saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal12 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.3 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g2.13 g
- Fibermore is better—1.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.25 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.17 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg343 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg102 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg48 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.66 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg32 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg16 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.

