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Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, frozen, unprepared

Not checked yet · database values 20 kcal per 100 g

Not checked for absorption yet: these are the listed values.

Not checked yet: the numbers below are what the database lists.

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What 100 g gives you: imported foods have no serving size yet.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share.

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

No nutrient we score reaches “some” in one serving. The rest, at “a little” or less, is below.

    14 more nutrients at a little or less

    Missing from our databases for this food, so left out, not counted as zero: vitamin E, vitamin K1, niacin, vitamin B12, vitamin D, choline, omega-3: ALA and omega-3: EPA + DHA.

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    How we counted this

    We haven’t checked this food. Foods like it carry these, so they’re shown here until we do. None of them was measured in this food.

    For some people

    • Uncooked frozen vegetables

      Common in this kind of food; not tested in this one

      Cook frozen vegetables before eating them; do not just thaw them (for example in a smoothie). Health Canada lists uncooked frozen vegetables among the foods to avoid for people at higher risk of food poisoning.

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    Name in the database: Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, frozen, unprepared

    Listed nutrients, per 100 g

    For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

    NutrientPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
    Calcium18 mg90 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    18 mg90 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Carbohydrate4.8 g24 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    4.8 g24 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Energy20 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy)–
    20 kcal–copy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Fat0.14 g0.7 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.14 g0.7 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Fibre1.2 g6 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    1.2 g6 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Folate12 µg60 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    12 µg60 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Iron0.48 mg2.4 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.48 mg2.4 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Magnesium23 mg115 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    23 mg115 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Phosphorus35 mg175 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    35 mg175 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Potassium209 mg1,045 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    209 mg1,045 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Protein0.83 g4.15 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.83 g4.15 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Riboflavin (B2)0.048 mg0.24 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.048 mg0.24 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Selenium0.2 µg1 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.2 µg1 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Sodium5 mg25 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    5 mg25 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Thiamin (B1)0.04 mg0.2 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.04 mg0.2 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Vitamin A14 µg70 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    14 µg70 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Vitamin B60.088 mg0.44 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.088 mg0.44 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Vitamin C6.4 mg32 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    6.4 mg32 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Vitamin E0.05 mg0.25 mgsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Water93.66 g468.3 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    93.66 g468.3 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Zinc0.37 mg1.85 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.37 mg1.85 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    NutrientPer 100 gPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
    Beta-carotene167.1 µg835.5 µgsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Copper0.085 mg0.43 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.085 mg0.43 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Manganese0.162 mg0.81 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.162 mg0.81 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Niacin (B3, preformed)0.4 mg2 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.4 mg2 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C
    Pantothenic acid (B5)0.088 mg0.44 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168467C
    0.088 mg0.44 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2221C

    Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.

    Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

    • Uncooked frozen vegetables · Worth knowing · Cook frozen vegetables before eating them; do not just thaw them (for example in a smoothie). Health Canada lists uncooked frozen vegetables among the foods to avoid for people at higher risk of food poisoning. · Health Canada, Food safety for vulnerable populations: foods to avoid

    Sources

    Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

    The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

    The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

    Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.