Baby lima beans, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Baby lima beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Lima beans, canned for less saturated fat.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal79 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.04 g4.93 g
- Carbohydrate23.31 g14.91 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.7 g4.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.38 g0.17 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.09 g0.04 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN239 mg336 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN401 mg220 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN29 mg21 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.4 mg1.81 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg39 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 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.

