Acorn squash, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Red cabbage, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Red cabbage, raw for more protein, less saturated fat, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal31 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g1.43 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g7.37 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.83 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.16 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg27 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg243 mg
- Calciummore is better44 mg45 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.8 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg16 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better10.8 mg57 mgWIN
- 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.

