Acorn squash, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Bamboo shoots, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Bamboo shoots, raw for more protein and more potassium.
Evenly matched on sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal27 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2.6 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g5.2 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.2 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.3 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is better4 mg4 mg
- Potassiummore is better437 mg533 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg13 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.5 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg3 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg4 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.

