Turnip greens, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Turnip greens, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorn squash, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Turnip greens, 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 g5.7 gWIN
- Carbohydrate26.04 g21.8 g
- Fibermore is better7.86 g17.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—2.65 g
- Total fat0.25 g1.15 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.27 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.14 mg1325 mg
- Potassiummore is better780.36 mg1015 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better78.57 mg685 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.66 mg4 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better76.79 mg110 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better19.29 mg137 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.

