Amaranth grain, uncooked leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Amaranth grain, uncooked: 100 g · Farina (cream of wheat), cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Amaranth grain, uncooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Amaranth grain, uncooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Farina (cream of wheat), cooked for less sugar and less saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy371 kcal53 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN13.56 g1.82 g
- Carbohydrate65.25 g10.92 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.7 g0.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better1.69 g0.76 gWIN
- Total fat7.02 g0.34 g
- Saturated fatless is better1.46 g0.07 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg126 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN508 mg23 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN159 mg97 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN7.61 mg5.33 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN248 mg7 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN4.2 mg0 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.

