Acorn squash, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less sodium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein and more potassium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g5.76 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g20.69 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g—
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.25 g0.13 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg325.64 mg
- Potassiummore is better780.36 mg1129.49 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg8.97 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg1.55 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg62.82 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg0.38 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.

