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 calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Yam, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium and more potassium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal114 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.49 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g26.99 g
- Fibermore is better—3.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.49 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.14 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.03 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better257 mg244 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better641 mg670 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg14 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.52 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg12.1 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.

