Swiss chard, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Swiss chard, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber and less sodium.
Pick Swiss chard, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal20 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g1.88 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g4.13 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g2.1 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.1 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.08 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g0.01 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg179 mg
- Potassiummore is better437 mg549 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better44 mg58 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.93 mg2.26 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better43 mg86 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better10.8 mg18 mgWIN
- 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.

