Sprouted lentils, raw leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Sprouted lentils, raw comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Sprouted lentils, raw for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.38 g8.45 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.5 g20.89 g
- Fibermore is better6.11 g—
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat0.3 g0.52 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better189.68 mg10.38 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN318.25 mg303.77 mg
- Calciummore is better23.02 mg23.58 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg3.03 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN42.06 mg34.91 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg15.57 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.

