Black-eyed peas, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black-eyed peas, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium and more calcium.
Pick Black-eyed peas, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.38 g6.66 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.5 g17.9 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.11 g5.6 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.84 g
- Total fat0.3 g0.46 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.07 g0.12 g
- Sodiumless is better189.68 mg3.45 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN318.25 mg239.66 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN23.02 mg20.69 mg
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg2.16 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better42.06 mg45.69 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.34 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.

