Edamame, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Baby lima beans, cooked: 100 g · Edamame, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Edamame, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat and more iron.
Pick Edamame, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal121 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.04 g11.91 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.31 g8.91 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.7 g5.2 g
- Total sugarsless is better—2.18 g
- Total fat0.38 g5.2 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.09 g0.62 g
- Sodiumless is better239 mg6 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better401 mg436 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better29 mg63 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.4 mg2.27 mg
- Magnesiummore is better53 mg64 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg6.1 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.

