Butternut squash vs Potato (baked or cooked): Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Butternut squash has 45 kcal and Potato (baked or cooked) has 93 kcal, so Butternut squash has 52% fewer calories.

Potato (baked or cooked) has more protein (2.5 g vs 1 g). Potato (baked or cooked) has more carbohydrates (21.2 g vs 11.7 g).

Butternut squash - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Butternut squash - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Butternut Squash
Serving size:
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one butternut squash (520g)cup (205g)half cup (102.5g)cup, mashed (245g)
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Total Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Total Carbohydrates g
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Dietary Fiber g
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Protein g
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Vitaminium C mg
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
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Potassium mg
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Potato
Serving size:
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one potato (90g)cup (170g)half cup (85g)
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Total Carbohydrates g
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Protein g
0%

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0%

Calcium mg
0%

Iron mg
0%

Potassium mg
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Butternut Squash vs Potato 100g Compare


per 100gButternut squashPotato (baked or cooked)
Calories45 93
Carbohydrates11.69 g21.15 g
Fat0.1 g0.13 g
Dietary fiber2 g2.2 g
Protein1 g2.5 g
Calcium48 mg15 mg
Iron0.7 mg1.08 mg
Magnessium34 mg28 mg
Phosphorus33 mg2 mg
Potassium352 mg535 mg
Sodium4 mg10 mg
Zink0.15 mg2 mg
Vitaminium A10630 IU10 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.1 mg0.064 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.02 mg0.048 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.2 mg1.41 mg
Vitaminium B60.154 mg0.311 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)27 µg0.028 µg
Vitaminium C21 mg9.6 mg
Vitaminium E1.44 mg0.04 mg
Vitaminium K1.1 µg0.002 µg

Less Calories in Butternut squash

At first glance, you can see that in butternut squash is much less calories than in potato.

Butternut squash has 45 kcal per 100g and potato 93 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 107%.

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

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

Butternut squash 100g

45kcal

Calories source

  • 91% CARBS.
  • 8% PROTEIN
  • 2% FAT

Potato (baked or cooked) 100g

93kcal

Calories source

  • 88% CARBS
  • 10% PROTEIN
  • 1% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.