Pumpkin vs Yellow squash : Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Pumpkin has 26 kcal and Yellow squash has 16 kcal, so Yellow squash has 38% fewer calories.

Pumpkin has more carbohydrates (6.5 g vs 3.35 g). Relative to calories, Yellow squash is the better protein source (7.56 g vs 3.85 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Pumpkin - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Pumpkin - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Pumpkin
Serving size:
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one pumpkin (850g)cup, mashed (245g)cup, cubes (140g)
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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.
Yellow Squash
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one yellow squash (196g)cup (113g)half cup (56.5g)
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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.

Pumpkin vs Yellow Squash 100g Compare


per 100gPumpkinYellow squash
Calories26 16
Carbohydrates6.5 g3.35 g
Fat0.1 g0.18 g
Dietary fiber0.5 g1.1 g
Protein1 g1.21 g
Calcium21 mg15 mg
Iron0.8 mg0.35 mg
Magnessium12 mg17 mg
Potassium340 mg262 mg
Sodium1 mg2 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.05 mg0.048 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.11 mg0.142 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.6 mg0.487 mg
Vitaminium B60.061 mg0.218 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)16 µg0.029 µg
Vitaminium C9 mg17 mg
Vitaminium E1.06 mg0.12 mg
Vitaminium K1.1 µg0.003 µg

More Calories in Pumpkin

At first glance, you can see that in pumpkin is much more calories than in yellow squash.

Pumpkin has 26 kcal per 100g and yellow squash 16 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 63%.

In pumpkin and in yellow squash most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare pumpkin with yellow squash in details.

Pumpkin 100g

26kcal

Calories source

  • 84% CARBS.
  • 13% PROTEIN
  • 3% FAT

Yellow squash 100g

16kcal

Calories source

  • 67% CARBS
  • 24% PROTEIN
  • 8% 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.