Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less sodium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Green chili peppers, raw for more protein, more potassium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g5 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g23.65 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.86 g3.75 g
- Total sugarsless is better—12.75 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg17.5 mg
- Potassiummore is better780.36 mg850 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg45 mg
- Ironmore is better1.66 mg3 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg62.5 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better19.29 mg606.25 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.

