Acorn squash, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 2 ties
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Mixed vegetables, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Mixed vegetables, cooked for more protein.
Evenly matched on fiber and saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal60 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2.86 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g13.09 g
- Fibermore is better4.4 g4.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.12 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.15 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.03 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg271 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg169 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg25 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.82 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg22 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg3.2 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.

