Acorn squash, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Kale, frozen, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Kale, frozen, cooked for more protein, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal36 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2.94 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g5.3 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.21 g
- Total fat0.14 g1.21 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.16 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg252 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg144 mg
- Calciummore is better44 mg150 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.84 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg25 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better10.8 mg17.8 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.

