Acorn squash, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Luffa (towel gourd), cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Luffa (towel gourd), cooked for more potassium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal54 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.12 g0.66 g
- Carbohydrate14.58 g13.75 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—5.17 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.34 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.03 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg257 mg
- Potassiummore is better437 mg453 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg9 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.36 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg20 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg5.7 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.

