Baby lima beans, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Baby lima beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.
Pick Black-eyed peas, canned for more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.38 g3.3 g
- Carbohydrate18.5 g19.92 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.11 g3.98 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.3 g1.93 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.07 g0.73 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN189.68 mg421.69 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN318.25 mg214.46 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN23.02 mg20.48 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.9 mg1.71 mg
- Magnesiummore is better42.06 mg51.81 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.24 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.

