Acorn squash, cooked leads 8–0 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal40 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.12 g1.1 g
- Carbohydrate14.58 g9.34 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.7 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.24 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.1 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.04 g
- Sodiumless is better4 mg4 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg146 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg23 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.21 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg7.4 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.

