Beetroot vs Butternut Squash: All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Beetroot

At first glance, you can see that in beetroot is just a little less calories than in butternut squash.

Beetroot has 43 kcal per 100g and butternut squash 45 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 5%.

In beetroot and in butternut squash most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare beetroot with butternut squash in details.

Beetroot And Butternut squash Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  butternut squash - 5% more than beetroot
• Carbohydrates:
  butternut squash - 22% more than beetroot
• Fat:
  beetroot - 70% more than butternut squash
• Dietary fiber:
  beetroot - 40% more than butternut squash
• Protein:
  beetroot - 61% more than butternut squash

More protein in beetroot

It is aslo easy to see see that in beetroot is more protein than in butternut squash.

There is 1g per 100g of butternut squash and 1.61g per 100g of beetroot so using simple math we can see that difference is about 61%.

Less carbohydrates in beetroot

In beetroot is less carbohydrates than in butternut squash.

There is 11.69g/100g of carbohydrates in butternut squash and 9.56g/100g in beetroot so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 22%.

More fat in beetroot

In beetroot is more fats than in butternut squash.

The tables above show us that there is 0.1g/100g of fats in butternut squash and 0.17g/100g in beetroot. In this case difference is about 70%.