Acorn squash, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Eggplant, raw for more protein, more fiber and more potassium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g3.92 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g23.52 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g12 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—14.12 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.72 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.14 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg8 mg
- Potassiummore is better780.36 mg916 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg36 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg0.92 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg56 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg8.8 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.

