Red lentils, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Baby lima beans, cooked: 100 g · Red lentils, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Red 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 Red lentils, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal114 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.04 g9.02 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.31 g19.54 g
- Fibermore is better7.7 g7.9 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—1.8 g
- Total fat0.38 g0.38 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.09 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better239 mg238 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN401 mg369 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN29 mg19 mg
- Ironmore is better2.4 mg3.33 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg36 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.5 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.

