Arrowhead, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Arrowhead, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Luffa (towel gourd), cooked for more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.76 g1.22 g
- Carbohydrate20.69 g25.46 g
- Fibermore is better—5.37 g
- Total sugarsless is better—9.57 g
- Total fat0.13 g0.63 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN325.64 mg475.93 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg838.89 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg16.67 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.55 mg0.67 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN62.82 mg37.04 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg10.56 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.

