Garden cress, raw leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Garden cress, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Garden cress, raw comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Garden cress, raw for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal32 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2.6 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g5.5 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.4 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.7 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg14 mg
- Potassiummore is better437 mg606 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better44 mg81 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.93 mg1.3 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg38 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better10.8 mg69 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.

