Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Salsify, cooked for less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g4.01 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g22.59 g
- Fibermore is better—4.56 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.26 g
- Total fat0.86 g0.25 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g—
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg370.59 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg416.18 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg69.12 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg0.81 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg26.47 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg6.76 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.

