Lentils, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Lentils, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Lentils, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.38 g7.78 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.5 g17.35 g
- Fibermore is better6.11 g6.81 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—1.55 g
- Total fat0.3 g0.33 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better189.68 mg1.72 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN318.25 mg318.1 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN23.02 mg16.38 mg
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg2.87 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN42.06 mg31.03 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.29 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.

