Pumpkin vs Yellow Squash : What Should You Choose?

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 And Yellow squash Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  pumpkin - 63% more than yellow squash
• Carbohydrates:
  pumpkin - 94% more than yellow squash
• Fat:
  yellow squash - 80% more than pumpkin
• Dietary fiber:
  yellow squash - 120% more than pumpkin
• Protein:
  yellow squash - 21% more than pumpkin

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Less protein in pumpkin

It is aslo easy to see see that in pumpkin is less protein than in yellow squash.

There is 1.21g per 100g of yellow squash and 1g per 100g of pumpkin so using simple math we can see that difference is about 21%.

More carbohydrates in pumpkin

In pumpkin is more carbohydrates than in yellow squash.

There is 3.35g/100g of carbohydrates in yellow squash and 6.5g/100g in pumpkin so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 94%.

Less fat in pumpkin

In pumpkin is less fats than in yellow squash.

The tables above show us that there is 0.18g/100g of fats in yellow squash and 0.1g/100g in pumpkin. In this case difference is about 80%.