Butternut squash, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Butternut squash, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein, more potassium and more iron.
Pick Butternut squash, cooked for less sodium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.76 g2.25 g
- Carbohydrate20.69 g26.23 g
- Fibermore is better—8 g
- Total sugarsless is better—4.93 g
- Total fat0.13 g0.23 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.05 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg10 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg710 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg102.5 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.55 mg1.5 mg
- Magnesiummore is better62.82 mg72.5 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg37.75 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.

