Acorn squash, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Hubbard squash, cooked for more protein and more fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal50 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2.48 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g10.81 g
- Fibermore is better4.4 g4.9 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—4.9 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.62 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.13 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg244 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg358 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg17 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.47 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg22 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg9.5 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.

