Baby lima beans, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Baby lima beans, cooked: 100 g · Fava beans, canned: 100 g.
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 sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Fava beans, canned for less saturated fat and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal71 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.04 g5.47 g
- Carbohydrate23.31 g12.41 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.7 g3.7 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.38 g0.22 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.09 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN239 mg453 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN401 mg242 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN29 mg26 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.4 mg1 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg32 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.8 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.

