Acorn squash, cooked leads 8–0 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
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
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2 g0.85 g
- Carbohydrate26.04 g23.79 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.86 g1.13 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.06 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.18 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg8.75 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg169.38 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg10 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg0.17 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg13.13 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg12.88 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.

