Acorn squash, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Cream-style corn, canned for more protein and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g2.42 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g25.18 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.86 g1.67 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.49 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.58 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.09 g
- Sodiumless is better7.14 mg4.17 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg186.11 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg4.17 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg0.53 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg23.61 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg6.39 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.

