Acorn squash, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Artichoke, cooked for more protein, more fiber and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g5.45 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g22.55 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g10.75 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—1.87 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.64 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.15 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg113.21 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg539.62 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg39.62 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg1.15 mg
- Magnesiummore is better76.79 mg79.25 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg13.96 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.

