Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 7–0 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal20 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.14 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g4.36 g
- Fibermore is better—3.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.53 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.23 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg265 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg203 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg137 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.8 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg22 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg27.4 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.

