Green beans, canned leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Green beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for more protein, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Green beans, canned for less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.76 g5.09 g
- Carbohydrate20.69 g19.64 g
- Fibermore is better—8.64 g
- Total sugarsless is better—3.55 g
- Total fat0.13 g2.09 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.47 g
- Sodiumless is better325.64 mg9.09 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg436.36 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg172.73 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg4.82 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN62.82 mg59.09 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg12.73 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.

