Baby lima beans, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Baby lima beans, cooked: 100 g · Great northern beans, cooked: 100 g.
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, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Great northern beans, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal118 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.04 g8.33 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.31 g21.09 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.7 g7 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.38 g0.45 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.09 g0.14 g
- Sodiumless is better239 mg238 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN401 mg391 mg
- Calciummore is better29 mg68 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.4 mg2.13 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg50 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.

