Acorn squash, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Succotash, cooked for more protein.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g4.57 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g21.95 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g—
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.25 g0.72 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.13 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg227.93 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN780.36 mg369.37 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN78.57 mg15.32 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.66 mg1.37 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN76.79 mg47.75 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN19.29 mg7.39 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.

