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 less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Peas and carrots, cooked for more protein.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal48 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g3.09 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g10.12 g
- Fibermore is better—3.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.36 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.42 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg304 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg158 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg23 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.94 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg8.1 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.

