Butternut Squash vs Spaghetti Squash : All Nutritional Differences

Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

Butternut squash - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Spaghetti squash - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

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More Calories in Butternut squash

At first glance, you can see that in butternut squash is more calories than in Spaghetti squash .

Butternut squash has 45 kcal per 100g and Spaghetti squash 31 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 45%.

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

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

Butternut squash And Spaghetti squash Nutrition Difference

Calories:
butternut squash - 45% more than Spaghetti squash
Carbohydrates:
butternut squash - 69% more than Spaghetti squash
Fat:
Spaghetti squash - 470% more than butternut squash
Dietary fiber:
butternut squash - 33% more than Spaghetti squash
Protein:
butternut squash - 56% more than Spaghetti squash

Spaghetti squash vs Butternut squash: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison

per 100g	Butternut squash	Spaghetti squash
Calories	45	31
Carbohydrates	11.69 g	6.91 g
Fat	0.1 g	0.57 g
Dietary fiber	2 g	1.5 g
Protein	1 g	0.64 g
Calcium	48 mg	23 mg
Iron	0.7 mg	0.31 mg
Magnessium	34 mg	12 mg
Potassium	352 mg	108 mg
Sodium	4 mg	17 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.1 mg	0.037 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.02 mg	0.018 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	1.2 mg	0.95 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.154 mg	0.101 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	27 mg	0.012 mg
Vitaminium C	21 mg	2.1 mg
Vitaminium E	1.44 mg	0.13 mg
Vitaminium K	1.1 mg	0.001 mg

More protein in butternut squash

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

There is 0.64g per 100g of Spaghetti squash and 1g per 100g of butternut squash so using simple math we can see that difference is about 56%.

More carbohydrates in butternut squash

In butternut squash is more carbohydrates than in Spaghetti squash .

There is 6.91g/100g of carbohydrates in Spaghetti squash and 11.69g/100g in butternut squash so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 69%.

Less fat in butternut squash

In butternut squash is less fats than in Spaghetti squash .

The tables above show us that there is 0.57g/100g of fats in Spaghetti squash and 0.1g/100g in butternut squash. In this case difference is about 470%.