Pinto beans, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Pinto beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for less saturated fat, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Pinto beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal143 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.04 g9.01 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.31 g26.22 g
- Fibermore is better7.7 g9 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0.34 g
- Total fat0.38 g0.65 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.09 g0.14 g
- Sodiumless is better239 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better401 mg436 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better29 mg46 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.4 mg2.09 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg50 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.8 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.

