Hubbard squash, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Hubbard squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Ancho peppers, dried for less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Pick Hubbard squash, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.22 g4.96 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.3 g21.62 g
- Fibermore is better7.69 g9.8 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—9.8 g
- Total fat2.92 g1.24 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.29 g0.26 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN15.3 mg488 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN858.01 mg716 mg
- Calciummore is better21.71 mg34 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN3.89 mg0.94 mg
- Magnesiummore is better40.21 mg44 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.71 mg19 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.

