Collard greens, raw leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Collard greens, raw comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Pick Collard greens, raw for more protein, more fiber, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g9.44 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g16.94 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g12.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—1.44 g
- Total fat0.25 g1.91 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.17 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg53.13 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg665.63 mg
- Calciummore is better78.57 mg725 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg1.47 mg
- Magnesiummore is better76.79 mg84.38 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better19.29 mg110.31 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.

