Baby lima beans, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Baby lima beans, cooked: 100 g · Pigeon peas, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Baby lima beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Pigeon peas, cooked for less saturated fat and more calcium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal121 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.04 g6.76 g
- Carbohydrate23.31 g23.25 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.7 g6.7 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.38 g0.38 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.09 g0.08 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN239 mg241 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN401 mg384 mg
- Calciummore is better29 mg43 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.4 mg1.11 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg46 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.

