Amaranth grain, uncooked leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
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 Yellow grits, cooked for less sugar and less saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.65 g1.89 g
- Carbohydrate17.59 g21.32 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN1.81 g1.08 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.46 g0.14 gWIN
- Total fat1.89 g0.6 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.39 g0.09 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1.08 mg343.08 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN136.93 mg33.85 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN42.86 mg1.54 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.05 mg0.88 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN66.85 mg7.69 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1.13 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.

