Baby lima beans, cooked leads 5–1 · 6 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Baby lima beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Refried Beans for more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.38 g3 g
- Carbohydrate18.5 g10.5 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.11 g2.5 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.5 g
- Total fat0.3 g1.25 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.07 g0.5 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN189.68 mg235 mg
- Potassiummore is better318.25 mg—
- Calciummore is betterWIN23.02 mg20 mg
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg3.08 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better42.06 mg—
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg—
- 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.
