Kale, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Kale, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Ancho peppers, dried for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Pick Kale, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.22 g8.17 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.3 g14.72 g
- Fibermore is better7.69 g11.11 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—3.36 g
- Total fat2.92 g3.36 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.29 g0.49 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN15.3 mg44.44 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN858.01 mg400 mg
- Calciummore is better21.71 mg416.67 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN3.89 mg2.33 mg
- Magnesiummore is better40.21 mg69.44 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.71 mg49.44 mgWIN
- 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.

