Acorn squash, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Green beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Green beans, cooked for more protein and less sodium.
Evenly matched on calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal35 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g1.89 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g7.88 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g3.2 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.63 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.28 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.06 g
- Sodiumless is better4 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg146 mg
- Calciummore is better44 mg44 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.65 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg9.7 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.

