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 iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Swiss chard, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal19 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.8 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g3.74 g
- Fibermore is better—1.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.1 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.2 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg213 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg379 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg51 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg1.8 mg
- Magnesiummore is better55 mg81 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg30 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.

