Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Scallions (green onions), raw for more protein, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal32 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g1.83 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g7.34 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.33 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.19 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.03 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg16 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg276 mg
- Calciummore is better44 mg72 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.93 mg1.48 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg20 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better10.8 mg18.8 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.

