Spinach, cooked leads 7–0 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Spinach, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Spinach, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.76 g12.91 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.69 g16.3 g
- Fibermore is better—10.43 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.87 g
- Total fat0.13 g1.13 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.19 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg304.35 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better1129.49 mg2026.09 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg591.3 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg15.52 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better62.82 mg378.26 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg42.61 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.

