Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
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 Scallop squash, cooked for less saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g6.44 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g20.63 g
- Fibermore is better—11.88 g
- Total sugarsless is better—9.38 g
- Total fat0.86 g1.06 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g0.22 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1223.81 mg1481.25 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg875 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg93.75 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg2.06 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg118.75 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg67.5 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.

