Acorn squash, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke), raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke), raw for more protein, less saturated fat and more iron.
Evenly matched on sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal73 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g17.44 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—9.6 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.01 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better4 mg4 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg429 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg14 mg
- Ironmore is better0.93 mg3.4 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg17 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg4 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.

