Beet greens, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Beet greens, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Beet greens, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber and less sodium.
Pick Beet greens, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal27 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2.57 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g5.46 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.6 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.2 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.03 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg477 mg
- Potassiummore is better437 mg909 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better44 mg114 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.93 mg1.9 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better43 mg68 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better10.8 mg24.9 mgWIN
- 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.

