Swiss chard, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Swiss chard, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Swiss chard, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2 g9.4 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g20.65 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g10.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—5.5 g
- Total fat0.25 g0.4 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.06 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg895 mg
- Potassiummore is better780.36 mg2745 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better78.57 mg290 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.66 mg11.3 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better76.79 mg430 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better19.29 mg90 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.

