Baby lima beans, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided
Baby lima beans, cooked: 100 g · Great northern 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 saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Great northern beans, canned for more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal114 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.04 g7.37 g
- Carbohydrate23.31 g21.02 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.7 g4.9 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.41 g
- Total fat0.38 g0.39 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.09 g0.12 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN239 mg370 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN401 mg351 mg
- Calciummore is better29 mg53 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.4 mg1.57 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg51 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.3 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.

