Acorn squash, cooked leads 8–0 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal16 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.12 g1.03 g
- Carbohydrate14.58 g3.3 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.5 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.17 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.04 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg237 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg140 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg15 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.33 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg19 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better10.8 mg10.8 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.

