Acorn squash, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Burdock root, cooked for more protein.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g2.38 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g24.03 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.86 g2.05 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.03 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.16 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg272.73 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg409.09 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg55.68 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg0.88 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg44.32 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg2.95 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.

