Acorn squash, cooked leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 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.
Pick Pumpkin, cooked for less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal20 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.12 g0.72 g
- Carbohydrate14.58 g4.9 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.08 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.07 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.04 g
- Sodiumless is better4 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg230 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg15 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.57 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg9 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg4.7 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.

