Mustard spinach (tendergreen), cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Mustard spinach (tendergreen), cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Mustard spinach (tendergreen), cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.76 g10.63 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.69 g17.5 g
- Fibermore is better—12.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.13 g1.25 g
- Saturated fatless is better——
- Sodiumless is betterWIN325.64 mg1562.5 mg
- Potassiummore is better1129.49 mg1781.25 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg987.5 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg5 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN62.82 mg43.75 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg406.25 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.

