New Zealand spinach, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
New Zealand spinach, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Ancho peppers, dried for less sodium and more potassium.
Pick New Zealand spinach, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.22 g10.83 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.3 g17.75 g
- Fibermore is better7.69 g11.67 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—2.08 g
- Total fat2.92 g1.42 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.29 g0.23 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN15.3 mg2858.33 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN858.01 mg850 mg
- Calciummore is better21.71 mg400 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better3.89 mg5.5 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better40.21 mg266.67 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.71 mg133.33 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.

