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 more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Sauerkraut for less saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal19 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g0.91 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g4.28 g
- Fibermore is better—2.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.78 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.14 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg661 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg170 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg30 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.47 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg13 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg14.7 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.

