Amaranthus cruentus is a flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain. Amaranthus cruentus is a tall annual herb topped with clusters of dark pink flowers. The plant can grow up to 6 ft in height. Red Amaranth leaves may be found year-round with peak season in the spring and summer. Red Amaranth leaves are more often used for their ornamental purposes or even to make red dye, such as the “Love Lies Bleeding” varietal. Amaranth leaves are nutritionally similar to beets, Swiss chard, and spinach, but are genetically closer to their wild ancestors and offer a far superior source of carotene, iron, calcium, protein, vitamin C, and trace elements. Also, it contains vitamins A, fiber, copper, phosphorus, phosphorus, starch, magnesium, fat, thiamine, nicotinic acid, mineral salts, sodium, potassium.