Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 8–0 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g5.7 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g21.8 g
- Fibermore is better—17.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.65 g
- Total fat0.86 g1.15 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g0.27 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1223.81 mg1325 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg1015 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg685 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg4 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg110 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN195.71 mg137 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.

