Mustard greens, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Mustard greens, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Ancho peppers, dried for less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Pick Mustard greens, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.22 g9.85 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.3 g17.35 g
- Fibermore is better7.69 g7.69 g
- Total sugarsless is better—5.42 g
- Total fat2.92 g1.81 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.29 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN15.3 mg969.23 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN858.01 mg623.08 mg
- Calciummore is better21.71 mg453.85 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN3.89 mg3.35 mg
- Magnesiummore is better40.21 mg50 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.71 mg97.31 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.

