Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
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 chili peppers, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal40 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.87 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g8.81 g
- Fibermore is better—1.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—5.3 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.44 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg9 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg322 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg14 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.03 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg23 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better41.1 mg143.7 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.

