Butternuts, dried leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Butternuts, dried comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Acorns, raw for less sodium, more potassium and more calcium.
Pick Butternuts, dried for more protein, less saturated fat, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better1.59 g4.07 gWIN
- Carbohydrate10.53 g1.97 g
- Fibermore is better—0.77 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat6.17 g9.31 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.8 g0.21 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg0.16 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN139.28 mg68.79 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN10.59 mg8.66 mg
- Ironmore is better0.2 mg0.66 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better16.02 mg38.73 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.52 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.

