Baby lima beans, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Baby lima beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 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 more calcium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.38 g5.59 g
- Carbohydrate18.5 g19.21 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.11 g5.54 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.3 g0.31 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN189.68 mg199.17 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN318.25 mg317.36 mg
- Calciummore is better23.02 mg35.54 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.9 mg0.92 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN42.06 mg38.02 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.

