Kale, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Kale, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more potassium.
Pick Kale, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.76 g8.17 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.69 g14.72 g
- Fibermore is better—11.11 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.36 g
- Total fat0.13 g3.36 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.49 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg44.44 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg400 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg416.67 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg2.33 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better62.82 mg69.44 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 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.

