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Butternut squash

Cucurbita moschataAlso called cucurbita moschata

Butternut squash is a kind of winter squash. Cooks treat it as a vegetable.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Vegetables
Variety of
Winter squash
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Butternut squash, whole

Photo: George Chernilevsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Nutrition

What 100 g of butternut squash holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 10%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 89%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of butternut squash, raw
Energy48 kcal · 188 kJ
Protein1.1 g
Fat0.17 g
of which saturated0.02 g
Carbohydrate11 g
of which sugars2.2 g
Fibre2 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of butternut squash, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium329 mg
Calcium22 mg
Iron0.21 mg
Magnesium15 mg
Zinc0.19 mg
Vitamin C7.6 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)532 µg
Folate55 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169295, 2685570), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with butternut squash

1 of the 2 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Pais

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include butternut squash.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: butternut squash in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
winter squash
A variety of
winter squash

Around the world

What butternut squash is called

Names in 63 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Cucurbita moschata · Anquito · Calabaza moscada · Tamalayote

  • French

    courge musquée · Cucurbita moschata · Courge musquee · Giraumon

  • Italian

    Cucurbita moschata · Zucchina trombetta · Zucca trombetta

  • Portuguese

    Cucurbita moschata · Abóbora-cheirosa

  • German

    Moschus-Kürbis · Cucurbita moschata · Moschuskürbis · Muskatkürbis

  • Dutch

    muskaatpompoen · Cucurbita moschata · muskuspompoen · butternut

  • Turkish

    Bal kabağı · Cucurbita moschata

  • Russian

    Тыква мускатная · Cucurbita moschata

  • Polish

    dynia piżmowa · Cucurbita moschata

  • Arabic

    قرع مسكي

  • Persian

    کدوی رشتی

  • Hebrew

    דלורית · Cucurbita moschata

Show all 63 languages

  • Albanian

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Aragonese

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Asturian

    Cucurbita moschata

  • azb

    عطیرلی بالقاباق

  • Azerbaijani

    Ətirli balqabaq

  • Bangla

    কুমড়া

  • Basque

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Belarusian

    Гарбуз мускатны

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    гарбуз мускатны · Cucurbita moschata

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Bulgarian

    мускатна тиква · Cucurbita moschata

  • Burmese

    ရွှေဖရုံပင်

  • Cantonese

    中國南瓜 · 南瓜 · 日本南瓜 · 金瓜

  • Catalan

    Cucurbita moschata · Oli de Cucurbita moschata

  • Cebuano

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Chinese

    中国南瓜 · 南瓜 · 番南瓜 · 番瓜

  • Egyptian Arabic

    قرع مسكى

  • Esperanto

    Moska kukurbo

  • Extremaduran

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Finnish

    myskikurpitsa

  • Galician

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Georgian

    ჯავზის გოგრა

  • Guarani

    Andai · Andaí

  • Haitian Creole

    Jomou

  • Hungarian

    pézsmatök · Cucurbita moschata

  • Ido

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Indonesian

    Labu kuning

  • Interlingua

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Interlingue

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Irish

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Japanese

    ニホンカボチャ

  • Korean

    동양계 호박 · 호박

  • Latin

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Literary Chinese

    東洋系南瓜

  • Lower Sorbian

    Japańska banja · Cucurbita moschata

  • Macedonian

    мошусна тиква

  • Madurese

    Labu

  • Malay

    labu merah · labu parang · labu ambu

  • Manchu

    ᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Moskusgresskar

  • Occitan

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Quechua

    Lakawiti · Cucurbita moschata

  • Romanian

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Shan

    တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇပၵ်ႉ · တူၼ်ႈပၵ်ႉ · မၢၵ်ႇပၵ်ႉ

  • Simplified Chinese

    中国南瓜

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    中国南瓜

  • Sundanese

    Waluh konéng · Waluh koneng

  • Swedish

    Butternutpumpa

  • Tamil

    கல்யாணப் பூசணி

  • Traditional Chinese

    中國南瓜

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    中國南瓜

  • Ukrainian

    Гарбуз мускатний

  • Upper Sorbian

    Japanski banjowc · Cucurbita moschata

  • Venetian

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Vietnamese

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Volapük

    Cucurbita moschata

  • Waray

    Cucurbita moschata

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q160571

Photos

Photo: George Chernilevsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons