Acorn squash, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Burdock root, cooked for more protein and more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal88 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2.09 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g21.15 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.55 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.14 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg240 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg360 mg
- Calciummore is better44 mg49 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.77 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg39 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.

