Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Red cabbage, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Red cabbage, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal31 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.43 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g7.37 g
- Fibermore is better—2.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.83 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.16 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg27 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg243 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg45 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.8 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg57 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.

