Acorn squash, cooked leads 9–0 · 9 categories decided
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Summer squash, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 9 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal20 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN1.12 g0.91 g
- Carbohydrate14.58 g4.31 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.59 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.31 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.06 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg237 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg192 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg27 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.36 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg24 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg5.5 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.

