Vegetable
Skin
Skin or peel of butternut squash may be eaten for colour and fibre or removed for bitterness and toughness. Scrub if keeping; peel thinly if not. Young thin skins often stay; tough or waxed peels come off. Save clean trimmings for stock, crumbs or compound butters when they suit the ingredient.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.8 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.14 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 19.9 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
- Total Carbohydrate 7.24 g
- Dietary Fibre 2.57 g
- Total Sugars 2.92 g
- Complex / starch 2.01 g
- Protein 1.38 g
- Water 86.5 g
- Energy 41.7 kcal
- Water 86.5 g
- Carbohydrates 7.24 g
- Protein 1.38 g
- Fat 0.8 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.14 g
- Omega-3 0.01 g
- Vitamins 77.1 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.65 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.32 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.16 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.6 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 31.4 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.41 mg
- Vitamin K 25.4 µg
- Minerals 381 mg
- Major Minerals 380 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.07 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.09 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.65 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.32 · vitamin-b6: 0.16 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.6 · vitamin-b9-folate: 31.4 · vitamin-e: 0.41 · vitamin-k: 25.4 ·
Minerals
Skin carries subcutaneous fat and collagen; crisping concentrates calories.
History
Cooks bought prepped forms of butternut squash for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected butternut squash for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named skin portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of butternut squash for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.