Acorn squash, cooked leads 9–0 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 9 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN2 g1.86 g
- Carbohydrate26.04 g23.96 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.86 g5.07 g
- Total sugarsless is better—6.76 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.42 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg14.08 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg516.9 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg52.11 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg0.82 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg40.85 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg18.31 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.

