Acorn squash, cooked leads 8–0 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal35 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.12 g0.76 g
- Carbohydrate14.58 g8.22 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.45 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.18 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.03 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg58 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg235 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg30 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.34 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg3.6 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.

