Acorn squash, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Acorn squash, cooked: 100 g · Tomato sauce: 100 g.
The verdict
Acorn squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Tomato sauce for more protein and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy56 kcal24 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.12 g1.2 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.58 g5.31 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.4 g1.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.56 g
- Total fat0.14 g0.3 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.04 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4 mg474 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN437 mg297 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN44 mg14 mg
- Ironmore is better0.93 mg0.96 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43 mg15 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.8 mg7 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.

