Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Vegetable juice cocktail for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.05 g4.23 g
- Carbohydrate19.57 g17.59 g
- Fibermore is better—2.27 g
- Total sugarsless is better—12.91 g
- Total fat0.86 g1.41 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g0.4 g
- Sodiumless is better1223.81 mg768.18 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN3052.38 mg840.91 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN995.24 mg63.64 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN10.76 mg1.27 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN261.9 mg50 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better195.71 mg246.82 mgWIN
- 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.

