Acorn squash, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Portabella mushroom, raw for more protein and more potassium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g9.59 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g17.59 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.86 g5.91 g
- Total sugarsless is better—11.36 g
- Total fat0.25 g1.59 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg40.91 mg
- Potassiummore is better780.36 mg1654.55 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg13.64 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg1.41 mg
- Magnesiummore is better76.79 mg—
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 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.

