Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–1 · 6 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Shiitake mushrooms, raw for less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g6.59 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g19.97 g
- Fibermore is better—7.35 g
- Total sugarsless is better—7 g
- Total fat0.86 g1.44 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g—
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg26.47 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg894.12 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg5.88 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg1.21 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg58.82 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better195.71 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.

