Bitter melon, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Bitter melon, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Bitter melon, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g4.42 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g22.74 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g10.53 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—10.26 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.95 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg1273.68 mg
- Potassiummore is better780.36 mg1678.95 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg47.37 mg
- Ironmore is better1.66 mg2 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better76.79 mg84.21 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better19.29 mg173.68 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.

