Baby lima beans, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Baby lima beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more iron.
Pick Great northern beans, canned for more protein, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.38 g6.46 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.5 g18.44 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.11 g4.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.24 g
- Total fat0.3 g0.34 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.07 g0.11 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN189.68 mg324.56 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN318.25 mg307.89 mg
- Calciummore is better23.02 mg46.49 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.9 mg1.38 mg
- Magnesiummore is better42.06 mg44.74 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.14 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.

