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Squash, winter, butternut, frozen, unprepared

Not checked yet · database values 57 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.

Good for

How we counted this

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.

  • Vitamin A

    Your eyes need it to see in dim light.

    A lot
    Learn more

    Getting enough matters; more than enough doesn’t sharpen your sight.

    240 µg in 100 g: 27% of the 900 µg a day men need, 34% of the 700 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount.

    Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin A fact sheet for health professionals

15 more nutrients below “a lot”

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

Watch out

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, winter, butternut, 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
Calcium29 mg50.88 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
29 mg50.88 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Carbohydrate14.41 g25.28 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
14.41 g25.28 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Energy57 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy)–
57 kcal–copy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Fat0.1 g0.18 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.1 g0.18 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Fibre1.3 g2.28 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
1.48 g2.6 gsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Folate24 µg42.11 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
24 µg42.11 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Iron0.88 mg1.54 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.88 mg1.54 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Magnesium14 mg24.56 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
14 mg24.56 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Phosphorus22 mg38.6 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
22 mg38.6 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Potassium212 mg371.93 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
212 mg371.93 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Protein1.76 g3.09 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
1.76 g3.09 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Riboflavin (B2)0.059 mg0.1 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.059 mg0.1 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Selenium0.7 µg1.23 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.7 µg1.23 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Sodium2 mg3.51 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
2 mg3.51 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Sugars2.83 g4.96 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
2.83 g4.96 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Thiamin (B1)0.09 mg0.16 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.09 mg0.16 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Vitamin A240 µg421.05 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
240 µg421.05 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Vitamin B60.11 mg0.19 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.11 mg0.19 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Vitamin C6.2 mg10.88 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
6.2 mg10.88 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Vitamin E1.85 mg3.25 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
1.85 mg3.25 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Vitamin K11.4 µg2.46 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
1.4 µg2.46 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Water82.5 g144.74 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
82.5 g144.74 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Zinc0.17 mg0.3 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.17 mg0.3 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
NutrientPer 100 gPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Beta-carotene1,904 µg3,340.35 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
1,904 µg3,340.35 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Copper0.051 mg0.09 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.051 mg0.09 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Manganese0.248 mg0.44 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.248 mg0.44 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Niacin (B3, preformed)0.74 mg1.3 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.74 mg1.3 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C
Pantothenic acid (B5)0.221 mg0.39 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168473C
0.221 mg0.39 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2453C

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.