Acorn squash, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
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
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g4.96 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g21.62 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g9.8 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—9.8 g
- Total fat0.25 g1.24 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.26 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg488 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg716 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg34 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg0.94 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg44 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg19 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.

