Summer squash vs. Fruit preserves — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are summer squash and fruit preserves different?

Summer squash is richer in vitamin B6, vitamin C, manganese, potassium, and vitamin B2, while fruit preserves are higher in copper.
Summer squash covers your daily need for vitamin B6, 15% more than fruit preserves.
Summer squash contains 4 times more manganese than fruit preserves. Summer squash contains 0.175mg of manganese, while fruit preserves contain 0.04mg.
Summer squash is lower in sugar.
Fruit preserves have a higher glycemic index (51) than summer squash (13).

Squash, summer, all varieties, raw and Jams and preserves types were used in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Summer squash

Fruit preserves

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+325%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+240.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+383.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+100%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-93.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+337.5%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+33.3%
Contains more IronIron	+40%
Contains more CopperCopper	+96.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+900%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Summer squash

Fruit preserves

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+93.2%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+200%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+86.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+1252.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+675%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+990%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+163.6%

Contains more CholineCholine

+52.2%

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.12mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Carbs	3.35g	68.86g	22%
Vitamin B6	0.218mg	0.02mg	15%
Calories	16kcal	278kcal	13%
Vitamin C	17mg	8.8mg	9%
Manganese	0.175mg	0.04mg	6%
Folate	29µg	11µg	5%
Potassium	262mg	77mg	5%
Vitamin B2	0.142mg	0.076mg	5%
Copper	0.051mg	0.1mg	5%
Vitamin K	3µg	0µg	3%
Vitamin B5	0.155mg	0.02mg	3%
Vitamin B3	0.487mg	0.036mg	3%
Selenium	0.2µg	2µg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.048mg	0.016mg	3%
Phosphorus	38mg	19mg	3%
Magnesium	17mg	4mg	3%
Iron	0.35mg	0.49mg	2%
Zinc	0.29mg	0.06mg	2%
Protein	1.21g	0.37g	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.089g	0g	1%
Sodium	2mg	32mg	1%
Calcium	15mg	20mg	1%
Choline	6.7mg	10.2mg	1%
Fructose	0.95g		1%
Vitamin A	10µg	0µg	1%
Fats	0.18g	0.07g	0%
Net carbs	2.25g	67.76g	N/A
Sugar	2.2g	48.5g	N/A
Fiber	1.1g	1.1g	0%
Vitamin E	0.12mg	0.12mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.044g	0.01g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.016g	0.038g	0%
Tryptophan	0.011mg	0.008mg	0%
Threonine	0.028mg	0.023mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.042mg	0.017mg	0%
Leucine	0.069mg	0.037mg	0%
Lysine	0.065mg	0.03mg	0%
Methionine	0.017mg	0.001mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.041mg	0.021mg	0%
Valine	0.053mg	0.021mg	0%
Histidine	0.025mg	0.014mg	0%