Acorn squash, raw vs Cucumber, cooked

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 250 g of acorn squash, raw or 222 g of cucumber, cooked. Most of the calories in acorn squash, raw come from carbohydrate. Most of those in cucumber, cooked come from fat.

More in acorn squash, raw: thiamin (5.6×), vitamin C (4.6×), vitamin B6 (2.9×), magnesium (3.3×) and 6 more. More in cucumber, cooked: sodium, saturated fat, total fat and riboflavin (3.2×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Acorn squash, raw100 cal

250 g · 2 g protein · 26.1 g carbs · 0.25 g fat

Cucumber, cooked100 cal

222 g · 1.6 g protein · 7.5 g carbs (4.2 g sugars) · 7.1 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%25%50%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.35 mg · 0.062 mg
    29%5%
  • Vitamin C27.5 mg · 6 mg
    31%7%
  • Vitamin B60.39 mg · 0.13 mg
    23%8%
  • Sodiumlimit7.5 mg · 322 mg
    <1%14%
  • Magnesium80 mg · 24.4 mg
    19%6%
  • Iron1.8 mg · 0 mg
    10%0%
  • Niacin (B3)1.8 mg · 0.24 mg
    11%1%
  • Potassium868 mg · 431 mg
    18%9%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.052 g · 1.8 g
    <1%9%
  • Total fat0.25 g · 7.1 g
    <1%9%
  • Fiber3.8 g · 1.3 g
    13%5%
  • Carbohydrates26.1 g · 7.5 g
    9%3%
  • Folate42.5 µg · 15.6 µg
    11%4%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.025 mg · 0.08 mg
    2%6%

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein2 g · 1.6 g4%·3%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 4.4 mg0%·1%
  • Calcium82.5 mg · 42.2 mg6%·3%
  • Phosphorus90 mg · 60 mg7%·5%
  • Zinc0.33 mg · 0.51 mg3%·5%
  • Copper0.16 mg · 0.16 mg18%·18%
  • Selenium1.3 µg · 0.67 µg2%·1%
  • Vitamin A45 µg · 42.2 µg5%·5%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Acorn squash, raw (SR Legacy 168472), Cucumber, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2709928). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.

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