Taro shoots, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Taro shoots, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Ancho peppers, dried for more iron.
Pick Taro shoots, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.22 g5.21 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.3 g22.86 g
- Fibermore is better7.69 g—
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat2.92 g0.57 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.29 g0.11 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better15.3 mg14.29 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better858.01 mg2457.14 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better21.71 mg100 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN3.89 mg2.93 mg
- Magnesiummore is better40.21 mg57.14 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.71 mg135 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.

