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Baby lima beans, cooked
Baby lima beans, cooked4
VS
Black beans, cooked
Black beans, cooked4

Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 1 tie

Both foods compared at 100 kcal.

The verdict

It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.

Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.

Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium and more magnesium.

Evenly matched on vitamin C.

Equal weight (per 100 g)Common servingEqual calories

Head-to-head

  • Energy
    100 kcal
    100 kcal
  • Proteinmore is better
    6.38 g
    6.71 gWIN
  • Carbohydrate
    18.5 g
    17.96 g
  • Fibermore is better
    6.11 g
    6.59 gWIN
  • Total sugarsless is better
    —
    0.24 g
  • Total fat
    0.3 g
    0.41 g
  • Saturated fatless is better
    WIN0.07 g
    0.11 g
  • Sodiumless is better
    189.68 mg
    0.76 mgWIN
  • Potassiummore is better
    WIN318.25 mg
    268.94 mg
  • Calciummore is better
    WIN23.02 mg
    20.45 mg
  • Ironmore is better
    WIN1.9 mg
    1.59 mg
  • Magnesiummore is better
    42.06 mg
    53.03 mgWIN
  • Vitamin Cmore is better
    0 mg
    0 mg
  • 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.

Baby lima beans, cooked vs Black beans, cooked · Foodatron