Amaranth leaves, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Amaranth leaves, cooked: 100 g · Yellow squash, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth leaves, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth leaves, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Yellow squash, cooked for less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy21 kcal19 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2.11 g1.04 g
- Carbohydrate4.11 g3.79 g
- Fibermore is better—1.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.48 g
- Total fat0.18 g0.39 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.06 g
- Sodiumless is better257 mg237 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN641 mg177 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN209 mg22 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.26 mg0.37 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN55 mg16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN41.1 mg11.6 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.

