Fava beans, fresh, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Arrowhead, cooked: 100 g · Fava beans, fresh, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Fava beans, fresh, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Fava beans, fresh, cooked for more protein, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy78 kcal62 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.49 g4.8 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.14 g10.1 g
- Fibermore is better——
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.1 g0.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.14 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN254 mg277 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN881 mg193 mg
- Calciummore is better7 mg18 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.21 mg1.5 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN49 mg31 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.3 mg19.8 mgWIN
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

