Acorn squash, cooked leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Baby carrots, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Baby carrots, raw for less saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal35 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.12 g0.64 g
- Carbohydrate14.58 g8.24 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.76 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.13 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg78 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg237 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg32 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.89 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg2.6 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.

