Chinese broccoli (gai lan), cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chinese broccoli (gai lan), cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein.
Pick Chinese broccoli (gai lan), cooked for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.76 g5.18 g
- Carbohydrate20.69 g17.32 g
- Fibermore is better—11.36 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.82 g
- Total fat0.13 g3.27 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.5 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg31.82 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better1129.49 mg1186.36 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg454.55 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg2.55 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better62.82 mg81.82 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg128.18 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.

