Acorn squash, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Maitake mushrooms, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Maitake mushrooms, raw for more protein and less sodium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal31 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g1.94 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g6.97 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.7 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.07 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.19 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.03 g
- Sodiumless is better4 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg204 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg1 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.3 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg0 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.

