Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Wakame seaweed, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Wakame seaweed, raw for more protein and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal45 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.11 g3.03 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g9.14 g
- Fibermore is better—0.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.65 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.64 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.13 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN257 mg872 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg50 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg150 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg2.18 mg
- Magnesiummore is better55 mg107 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg3 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.

