Spinach, cooked leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Spinach, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Cauliflower, cooked for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Pick Spinach, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy23 kcal23 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.84 g2.97 gWIN
- Carbohydrate4.11 g3.75 g
- Fibermore is better2.3 g2.4 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better2.08 g0.43 gWIN
- Total fat0.45 g0.26 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN15 mg70 mg
- Potassiummore is better142 mg466 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better16 mg136 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.32 mg3.57 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better9 mg87 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN44.3 mg9.8 mg
- 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.

