First, let's take a look at the macros. Each of these are listed in grams and as usual, normalized to 200 calories for easy comparison, so we're always comparing apples to apples.
Butternut squash | Sweet potato |
Nutrient | butternut squash | sweet potato |
Protein | 4g | 4g |
Carbohydrate | 52g | 47g |
Fiber | 9g | 7g |
Fat | 0g | 0g |
Monounsat. Fat | 0g | 0g |
Polyunsat. Fat | 0g | 0g |
Saturated Fat | 0g | 0g |
Next, let's take a look at the Vitamin density. These values are shown in units of percent of recommended daily intake. And since we're showing 200 calories worth, this means anything above 10% is good.
Nutrient | butternut squash | sweet potato |
Choline | 0% | 7% |
Vitamin A | 378% | 331% |
Vitamin C | 124% | 45% |
Vitamin E | 53% | 21% |
Vitamin K | 6% | 7% |
Butternut squash have significantly more Vitamins A, E, C than sweet potato. Butternut squash are a good source of Pantothenic Acid, Phosphorus. Butternut squash are a great source of Vitamin E, Thiamin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Iron. Butternut squash are an excellent source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C. Sweet potato are a good source of Vitamin E, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Iron. Sweet potato are a great source of Vitamin C. Sweet potato are an excellent source of Vitamin A.
And here we see the B-vitamins: B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine)
Nutrient | butternut squash | sweet potato |
Vitamin B1 | 44% | 15% |
Vitamin B2 | 8% | 11% |
Vitamin B3 | 44% | 12% |
Vitamin B5 | 36% | 31% |
Vitamin B6 | 62% | 39% |
Vitamin B12 | 0% | 0% |
Now, lets look at mineral density. Here we have a lot of important electrolytes and minerals. Once again, units are in percent of RDI, thus for this 200 calorie serving anything above 10% would considered high.
Nutrient | butternut squash | sweet potato |
Sodium | 1% | 5% |
Potasium | 45% | 17% |
Calcium | 43% | 14% |
Magnesium | 43% | 14% |
Phosphorus | 25% | 15% |
Iron | 52% | 32% |
Manganese | 39% | 30% |
Selenium | 5% | 1% |
Copper | 32% | 25% |
Zinc | 7% | 6% |
You can use the Nutrient based Food and recipe finder, to rank foods based on nutrients:
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