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 more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke), raw for less saturated fat, less sodium and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal73 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g2 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g17.44 g
- Fibermore is better—1.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—9.6 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.01 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg4 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg429 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg14 mg
- Ironmore is better2.26 mg3.4 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg17 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg4 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.

