Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Salsify, cooked for more protein and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal68 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g2.73 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g15.36 g
- Fibermore is better—3.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.9 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.17 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g—
- Sodiumless is better257 mg252 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg283 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg47 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.55 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg4.6 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.

