Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Spinach, frozen, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal34 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g4.01 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g4.8 g
- Fibermore is better—3.7 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.51 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.87 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg322 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg302 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg153 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.96 mg
- Magnesiummore is better55 mg82 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg2.2 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.

