Acorn squash, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Pick Kelp (seaweed), raw for more protein, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal43 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g1.68 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g9.57 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.6 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.56 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.25 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg233 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg89 mg
- Calciummore is better44 mg168 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.93 mg2.85 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better43 mg121 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg3 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.

