Dandelion greens, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Dandelion greens, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Dandelion greens, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g6.06 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g19.39 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g8.79 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—4.91 g
- Total fat0.25 g1.82 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg848.48 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg703.03 mg
- Calciummore is better78.57 mg424.24 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.66 mg5.45 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg72.73 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better19.29 mg54.55 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.

