Black turtle beans, cooked leads 5–1 · 6 categories decided · 3 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Black turtle beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more magnesium.
Pick Black turtle beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on saturated fat, sodium and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal130 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.04 g8.18 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.31 g24.35 g
- Fibermore is better7.7 g8.3 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0.32 g
- Total fat0.38 g0.35 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.09 g0.09 g
- Sodiumless is better239 mg239 mg
- Potassiummore is better401 mg433 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better29 mg55 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.4 mg2.85 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg49 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 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.

