Acorn squash, cooked leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Tomato sauce, canned: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Tomato sauce, canned for more protein.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal71 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g2.22 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g13.94 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g0.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.71 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.17 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg381 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg192 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg13 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.93 mg0.91 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg14 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg0 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.

